蜉蝣

蜉蝣

1. mayfly

• 蜻蛉 (obsolete)

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagerō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[1] The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜉蝣.

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) かげ​ろー [kàgéꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
  • (Tokyo) かげろー [kàgéróó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡe̞ɾo̞ː]

蜉蝣 (hiragana かげろう, katakana カゲロウ, rōmaji kagerō, historical hiragana かげろふ)

1. a mayfly
2. (obsolete) Synonym of 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as カゲロウ.

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagirō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[1]

Obsolete reading.

蜉蝣 (hiragana かぎろう, rōmaji kagirō, historical hiragana かぎろふ)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”)

From Middle Chinese 蜉蝣 (bjuw yuw?). Compare Mandarin 蜉蝣 (fúyóu), Vietnamese phù du.

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ふゆう [fùyúú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) ふ​ゆう [fúꜜyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝjɯ̟ᵝː]

蜉蝣 (hiragana ふゆう, rōmaji fuyū, historical hiragana ふいう)

1. a mayfly
2. (by extension) ephemerality (from the way that mayflies are born and die within a day)

蜉蝣

1. Hán tự form of phù du (“mayfly”).

蜉蝣

1. Hán tự form of phù du (“ephemeral”).