Translation
jooubachi means "Queen Bee" in English.
jooubachi written with kanji is 女王蜂.
These are jouyou kanji 常用漢字, taught in junior high, chuugakkou 中学校.
These are jouyou kanji 常用漢字, taught in junior high, chuugakkou 中学校.
| Romaji | jo | o | u | ba | chi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiragana | じょ | お | う | ば | ち |
| Katakana | ジョ | オ | ウ | バ | チ |
| Kanji | 女 | 王 | 蜂 | ||
| Meaning | Woman | King | Bee | ||
| School Level | 小１ | 小１ | 中 | ||
Orthography Notes
- じょ is a compound kana representing a single syllable with multiple characters.
- hachi はち becomes bachi ばち in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.
Trivia
- A queen bee can lay over a thousand eggs per day. More than her own weight every day.[1]
Synonyms
Beware: some kanji that are difficult to handwrite are easy to type on the computer, which may skew the usage statistics.
Further Reading
- Queen bee - en.wikipedia.org, accessed .