蜻: dragonfly (in 蜻蛉)

dragonfly (in 蜻蛉)

14 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

セイ

Kun

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蜻 occurs almost only in 蜻蛉 (とんぼ, dragonfly) and its compounds.

蜻蛉とんぼdragonfly

蜻蛉返りとんぼがえりturning straight back; somersault

蜻蛉玉とんぼだまdragonfly-eye glass bead

池いけのほとりで、蜻蛉とんぼが水面すいめんすれすれに卵たまごを産うんでいた。

By the pond, a dragonfly was laying eggs just above the water's surface.

蜻蛉返とんぼがえりの出張しゅっちょうで、お土産おみやげを買かう時間じかんもなかった。

It was a there-and-back business trip, so I had no time to buy souvenirs.

ガラス工房こうぼうで、蜻蛉玉とんぼだまの作り方つくりかたを教おそわった。

At the glass studio I was taught how to make dragonfly-eye beads.