Where does “糸蜻蛉” come from?

糸蜻蛉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 糸, from Japanese 偏 — the left-hand component of a kanji.

糸蜻蛉 (Japanese): a damselfly

Definitions

  1. a damselfly

Ancestry of “糸蜻蛉”, step by step

糸蜻蛉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 糸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese糸thread
2Japanese偏the left-hand component of a kanji

via Japanese 蜻蛉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蜻蛉dragonfly; Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly;...
2Chinese蜻蛉dragonfly
Every word from Japanese 偏 →Every word from Japanese 糸 →