蝶

Translingual

Han character

蝶 (radical 142 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈心廿木 (LIPTD), four-corner 5419₄)

1. butterfly

References

• KangXi: page 1091, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33333
• Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2868, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8776

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蝶 (Yale dip6)

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Japanese

Etymology

tepu > tefu > *tewu > teu > /tyoː/ [choː].

Noun

蝶 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō, historical hiragana てふ)

1. butterfly

Kanji

蝶 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō)

See also

• 蝶々 (ちょうちょ, chōcho)
• 蛾 (が, ga)
• 毛虫 (kemushi)

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Korean

Hanja

蝶 (hangeul 접, revised jeop, McCune-Reischauer chŏp, Yale cep)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蝶 (pinyin dié (die2), Wade-Giles tieh²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝶 (điệp, bướm)