蝴 — Chinese character
蝴
hú
butterfly
- Pinyin
- hú
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 虫 胡
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 胡
- Japanese
- 蝴 as a kanji
Common words with 蝴
| 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) |
| 蝴蝶花 | hú dié huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 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 |
| 蝴蝶犬 | hú dié quǎn | papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears) |
| 蝴蝶琴 | hú dié qín | same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer |
| 蝴蝶酥 | hú dié sū | crispy short-crust pastry; mille-feuilles |
| 蝴蝶铰 (蝴蝶鉸) | hú dié jiǎo | hinge |
| 蝴蝶领结 (蝴蝶領結) | hú dié lǐng jié | bow tie |
English words written with 蝴
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.