胡蝶

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 胡蝶 – see 蝴蝶 (“butterfly; hinge”).
(This term, 胡蝶, is a variant form of 蝴蝶.)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
胡 蝶
こ
Jinmeiyō		 ちょう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
蝴蝶

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 胡蝶 (MC ɦuo tʰep̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

胡(こ)蝶(ちょう) • (kochō) ←こてふ (kotefu)?

  1. butterfly

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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