てんとう蟲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟲
むし Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of てんとう蟲 – see the following entry.

【天道虫てんとうむし】 [noun] a ladybird (UK), ladybug (US), lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae) [noun] Synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis Alternative spellings てんとう虫, 瓢虫, 紅娘, テントウムシ

(This term, てんとう蟲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (てんとう虫) of the above term.)