七星瓢虫

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 七星瓢虫 – see 七星瓢蟲 (“seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug”).
(This term, 七星瓢虫, is the simplified form of 七星瓢蟲.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
七 星 瓢 虫
なな
Grade: 1		 ほし
Grade: 2		 Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

From 七 (なな)星 (ほし) (nanahoshi, literally "seven-starred") + 天道虫 (てんとうむし) (tentōmushi, “ladybug, ladybird”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 七星瓢蟲. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms
  • 七星天道, 七星天道虫

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ななほして​んとー [nànáhóshí téꜜǹtòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
    • IPA(key): [na̠na̠ho̞ɕi tẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

七星瓢虫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 七星瓢蟲, hiragana ななほしてんとう, katakana ナナホシテントウ, rōmaji nanahoshi tentō, historical hiragana ななほしてんたう, historical katakana ナナホシテンタウ)

  1. seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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