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蝶
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butterfly (back end)

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Animals →Insects
dié
チョウ
접
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 枼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蜨.
Components
虫 insects+ 枼 table =
蝶 butterfly (back end)
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
枼 Phonetic component
yè table
a table, flat pieces of wood, a slip, a leaf
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Chinese
蝶 [dié]
butterfly; CL:隻|只[zhī]
Japanese
蝶 ちょう 、 チョウ 同音
noun butterfly
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
私は美しい蝶を捕まえた。
I caught a beautiful butterfly.
Japanese Names
蝶 じょう
Jō given name
蝶 じょうじ
Jōji unclassified name
蝶 ちょう
Chō female given namesurname
蝶 ちょうちょう
Chōchou unclassified name
蝶 ひらり
Hirari female given name
CHINESE WORDS (46)
蝴蝶 [hú​dié] #4,790
butterfly
蝴蝶结 [hú​dié​jié] #16,835
bow
蝴蝶结 [hú​dié​jié] #16,835
bow
蝶泳 [dié​yǒng] #40,424
butterfly stroke (swimming)
招蜂引蝶 [zhāo​fēng​yǐn​dié] #53,822
(of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies
蝶骨 [dié​gǔ] #53,590
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
胡蝶 [hú​dié] #48,511
variant of 蝴蝶[hú​dié]
凤蝶 [fèng​dié] #48,902
swallowtail butterfly
凤蝶 [fèng​dié] #48,902
swallowtail butterfly
蝴蝶花 [hú​dié​huā] #58,948
iris
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JAPANESE WORDS (74)
⭐ 蝶々 [ちょうちょう] #24,152
butterfly
蝶番 [ちょうつがい] #30,543
hinge
胡蝶 [こちょう] #47,310
butterfly
蝶ネクタイ [ちょうネクタイ] #47,479
bow tie
蝶よ花よ [ちょうよはなよ] #54,517
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
胡蝶蘭 [こちょうらん] #80,222
moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)
夜の蝶 [よるのちょう] #85,359
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)
蝶結び [ちょうむすび] #86,847
bow
蝶形 [ちょうがた] #114,544
papilionaceous
揚羽蝶 [アゲハチョウ] #115,041
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
접영
butterfly