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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

(radical 142 +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈心廿木 (LIPTD), four-corner 54194)

  1. butterfly

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1091, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33333
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2868, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8776

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale dip6)


Japanese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

tepu > tefu > *tewu > teu > /tyoː/ [choː].

Noun [edit]

(hiragana ちょう, romaji chō, historical hiragana てふ)

  1. butterfly

Kanji [edit]

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings [edit]

See also [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised jeop, McCune-Reischauer chŏp, Yale cep)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin dié (die2), Wade-Giles tieh2)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(điệp, bướm)