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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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): seven-spotted ladybug

Etymology

From 七(なな) (nana, “seven”) + 星(ほし) (hoshi, “star → dot”) + 天道(てんとう) (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])
• 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. seven-spot ladybird or seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)

   Hypernym: 天道虫 (tentō mushi)