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蝶 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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チョウちょう · chō
Kun
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Meaning
butterfly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect with an element for thin flatness: the insect with thin wings — the butterfly.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蝶ちょう

    butterfly

  • 蝶結びちょうむすび

    a bow knot

More words with this kanji

  • 蝴蝶こちょう
  • 胡蝶の夢こちょうのゆめ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

花(はな)の上(うえ)を蝶(ちょう)が舞(ま)っている。

A butterfly flutters above the flowers.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蝶結び蝶結tie虻horsef…蚤flea蛋egg蛭leech蛤hard…吊hang杓ladle帖quire恰just…釘nail
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Compound

Map of radical 虫Map of reading チョウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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