蜻

Meaning

蜻 centers on the dragonfly, an insect known for its long, slender body and transparent wings. The meaning is specific to this insect.

• 蜻蛉とんぼ
  N1

  dragonfly

• 蜻蜒やんま

  darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle

• 鬼蜻蜓おにやんま

  Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly

• 伊予蜻蛉いよとんぼ

  whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)

• 塩辛蜻蛉しおからとんぼ

  Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)

• 川蜻蛉かわとんぼ

  broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

• 御歯黒蜻蛉おはぐろとんぼ

  Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

• 昔蜻蛉むかしとんぼ

  Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

• 水蜻蛉みずとんぼ

  Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid)

• 涸沼糸蜻蛉ひぬまいととんぼ

  Mortonagrion hirosei (species of damselfly)

• 深山川蜻蛉みやまがわとんぼ

  Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)

• 紅糸蜻蛉べにいととんぼ

  Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)

• 羽黒蜻蛉はぐろとんぼ

  Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

• 蛇蜻蛉へびとんぼ

  dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)

• 角蜻蛉つのとんぼ

  owlfly (any insect of family Ascalaphidae); owl fly

• 麦藁蜻蛉むぎわらとんぼ

  dragonfly

• 黄蜻蛉きとんぼ

  yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum) (dragonfly species of East Asia)

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