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Kanji Detail for 蝶 - "butterfly"

蝶

  • Meaning

    蝶 means "butterfly." Also associated with insect.

    1. Butterfly - A beautiful winged insect.

    2. Flutter - To fly gracefully.

    3. Transformation - Symbol of metamorphosis.

  • Words using 蝶

    • 蝶々 ちょうちょう Listen butterfly

  • Tattoo check: 蝶

    • Verified meaning: butterfly
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう, じょうじ, ちょう, ちょうちょう)
    • Also carries these associations: insect

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 蝶

    Given names 蝶(じょう)Listen 蝶(ちょう)Listen 蝶(ひらり)Listen

    Surnames 蝶(じょうじ)Listen 蝶(ちょうちょう)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    butterfly

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    butterfly

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 蝶[die2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    butterfly

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    螮蝀 (rainbow). Rainbow. Also written as 蝃.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    虫 (mushi・mushihen)

  • Related Keywords

    butterfly insect wing flutter metamorphosis chrysalis colorful delicate flight flying graceful nectar garden pollination beautiful soar transformation

Sentences including 蝶

  • You are a beautiful butterfly.

More kanji with the radical 虫 (mushi・mushihen)

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