天蛾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	蛾
すずめ Grade: 1	が Hyōgaiji
irregular	on’yomi

Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 天蛾.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すずめ​が [sùzúméꜜgà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝzɨᵝme̞ɡa̠]

Noun

天(すずめ)蛾(が) or 天蛾(スズメガ) • (suzumega) 

1. Alternative spelling of 雀蛾 (“sphingid”)