Word Meaning 竹蜻蛉

たけとんぼ taketombo

竹蜻蛉 is read as たけとんぼ (taketombo) and means small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands.

Meaning

English

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

Reading

Kana

たけとんぼ

Romaji

taketombo

Writing Variants

竹とんぼ たけとんぼ taketombo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蜻蛉

とんぼ

dragonfly

水蜻蛉

みずとんぼ

Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid)

気楽蜻蛉

きらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

深山川蜻蛉

みやまがわとんぼ

Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)

極楽蜻蛉

ごくらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

伊予蜻蛉

いよとんぼ

whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)

赤蜻蛉

あかとんぼ

(small) red dragonfly

羽黒蜻蛉

はぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

河蜻蛉

かわとんぼ

broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

鉄漿蜻蛉

おはぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

角蜻蛉

つのとんぼ

owlfly (any insect of family Ascalaphidae)

尻切れ蜻蛉

しりきれとんぼ

leaving unfinished