糸蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糸	蜻	蛉
いと Grade: 1	とんぼ
	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
絲蜻蛉 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 豆娘(いととんぼ) (itotonbo)

Etymology

From 糸 (ito, “thread”) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いとと​んぼ [ìtótóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ito̞tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

糸(いと)蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 糸蜻蛉(イトトンボ) • (itotonbo) 

1. a damselfly