川蜻蛉

河蜻蛉

Readings

Kana: かわとんぼ、カワトンボ

Romaji: kawatonbo, kawatonbo

Definition

noun

1

broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

蜻

Reading: セイ

Meaning: dragonfly

蛉

Reading: レイ

Meanings: dragonfly, moon moth

河

Readings: カ、 かわ

Meaning: river