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蚍蜉

蚍蜉

Chinese

			(dragon fly); (large ant); (wasp)
simp. and trad. (蚍蜉)		蚍	蜉

Noun

蚍蜉

A type of large grey ant with a large head and antennae.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚍	蜉
ひ Hyōgaiji	ふ Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) ひふ [híꜜfù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çiɸɯᵝ]

Noun

蚍蜉 ‎(hiragana ひふ, romaji hifu)

large ant

Derived terms

蚍蜉大樹 (ひふたいじゅ)を動 (ご)かす ‎(hifu taiju o gokasu)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9