蝶
蝶 — Butterfly
butterfly
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 蝶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝶 | ちょう chou | butterfly |
| 蝶々 | ちょうちょう chouchou | butterfly |
Study notes
蝶 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2011 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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