蝶 — kanji meaning “butterfly”
蝶
butterfly
- Meanings
- butterfly
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2011 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- dié — Chinese character page
Words with 蝶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝶々 | ちょうちょう chouchou | butterfly |
| 胡蝶 | こちょう kochou | butterfly |
| 蝶番 | ちょうつがい choutsugai | hinge |
| 蝶々夫人 | ちょうちょうふじん chouchoufujin | Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini); Madam Butterfly |
| 蝶結び | ちょうむすび choumusubi | bow; bowknot |
| 揚羽蝶 | あげはちょう agehachou | swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus) |
| 蝶鮫 | ちょうざめ chouzame | sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris) |
| 高山蝶 | こうざんちょう kouzanchou | alpine butterfly |
| 紋白蝶 | もんしろちょう monshirochou | small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) |
| 赤立羽蝶 | あかたてはちょう akatatehachou | red admiral (butterfly) |
| 蝶貝 | ちょうがい chougai | silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster |
| せせり蝶 | せせりちょう seserichou | skipper butterfly |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.