竹とんぼ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹
たけ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 竹とんぼ – see the following entry.

【竹蜻蛉たけとんぼ】 [noun] a bamboo-copter, a helicopter toy, consisting of a short bamboo or wooden dowel with a propeller affixed to one end, that flies when the dowel is spun and released

(This term, 竹とんぼ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)