Word Meaning 蚊蜻蛉

かとんぼ katombo

蚊蜻蛉 is read as かとんぼ (katombo) and means a tall, gangly person.

Meaning

English

  1. a tall, gangly person
  2. string bean
  3. crane fly
  4. daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae)

Reading

Kana

かとんぼ

Romaji

katombo

Writing Variants

  • 蚊トンボ かとんぼ katombo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 160590 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

竹蜻蛉

たけとんぼ

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

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)