胡蝶

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡蝶 – see 蝴蝶 (“butterfly; hinge”). (This term is a variant form of 蝴蝶).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	蝶
こ Jinmeiyō	ちょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
蝴蝶

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 胡蝶 (MC hu thep).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ちょー [kóꜜchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

胡(こ)蝶(ちょう) • (kochō) ^{←こてふ (kotefu)?}

1. butterfly

Synonyms

• 蝶(ちょう) (chō)