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.)