天蛾

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	moth
simp. and trad. (天蛾)		天	蛾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian-é
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-o²
    • Yale: tyān-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianer
    • Palladius: тяньэ (tjanʹe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/

Noun

天蛾

1. sphinx moth

Compounds

• 白腰天蛾 (báiyāo tiān'é)
• 長喙天蛾／长喙天蛾 (chánghuì tiān'é)
• 霜天蛾 (shuāng tiān'é)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	蛾
すずめ Grade: 1	が Hyōgai
irregular	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
雀蛾

Etymology

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 天蛾 (tiān'é).

Noun

天(すずめ)蛾(が) • (suzumega) 

1. Alternative spelling of 雀蛾 (suzumega, “sphingid”)

Derived terms

• 紅天蛾(ベニスズメガ) (benisuzumega)