七星瓢虫

See also: 七星瓢蟲

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 七星瓢虫 – see 七星瓢蟲 (“seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug”).
(This term 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		 てんとう
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
kun’yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
七星瓢蟲 (kyūjitai)
七星瓢虫 (nanahoshi tentō): the seven-spotted ladybug

Etymology

From 七 (nana, “seven”) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star → dot”) +‎ 天道 (tentō, short for 天道虫 (tentō mushi), “ladybird, ladybug”).

The use of 瓢虫 for tentō is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese.

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

Noun

七(なな)星(ほし)瓢虫(てんとう) or 七星瓢虫(ナナホシテントウ) • (nanahoshi tentō) ←ななほしてんたう (nanafositentau) or ナナホシテンタウ (nanafositentau)?

  1. the seven-spot ladybird or seven-spotted ladybug, Coccinella septempunctata
    Hypernym: 天道虫 (tentō mushi)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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