蝶 — Chinese character
蝶
dié
butterfly
- Pinyin
- dié
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 虫 枼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 枼
- Japanese
- 蝶 as a kanji
Common words with 蝶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝴蝶 | hú dié | butterfly; 只 (zhī) |
| 蝴蝶结 (蝴蝶結) | hú dié jié | bow; bowknot |
| 蝴蝶效应 (蝴蝶效應) | hú dié xiào yìng | butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory) |
| 蝶泳 | dié yǒng | butterfly stroke (swimming) |
| 胡蝶 | hú dié | variant of 蝴蝶 (hú dié) |
| 凤蝶 (鳳蝶) | fèng dié | swallowtail butterfly |
| 蛱蝶 (蛺蝶) | jiá dié | nymphalid; butterfly |
| 蝴蝶花 | hú dié huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 粉蝶 | fěn dié | pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family) |
| 蝴蝶兰 (蝴蝶蘭) | hú dié lán | moth orchid (genus Phalaenopsis) |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 (鴛鴦蝴蝶) | yuān yang hú dié | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 |
| 招蜂引蝶 | zhāo fēng yǐn dié | (lit.) (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom); (fig.) to flirt |
English words written with 蝶
蝶 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 7
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.