Word Meaning 蜉蝣

かげろう kagerou

蜉蝣 is read as かげろう (kagerou) and means ephemerality (of human life).

Meaning

English

ephemerality (of human life)
dragonfly
damselfly
mayfly
ephemeropteran

Reading

Kana

かげろう

Romaji

kagerou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 161685 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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網目蜉蝣

あみめかげろう

neuropteran (any insect of order Neuroptera)

薄羽蜉蝣

うすばかげろう

ant lion (esp. species Hagenomyia micans)

草蜉蝣

くさかげろう

green lacewing (esp. species Chrysopa intima)