七節

竹節虫

Readings

Kana: ななふし、ナナフシ

Romaji: nanafushi, nanafushi

Definition

noun

1

walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

七

Readings: シチ、 なな、 なな.つ、 なの

Meaning: seven

節

Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと

Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

竹

Readings: チク、 たけ

Meaning: bamboo

虫

Readings: チュウ、 キ、 むし

Meanings: insect, bug, temper