蝶
See also: 蜨
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Translingual
    
    Han character
    
蝶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈心廿木 (LIPTD), four-corner 54194, composition ⿰虫枼)
References
    
- KangXi: page 1091, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33333
- Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2868, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8776
Chinese
    
| trad. | 蝶 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 蝶 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 蛈 | |
Glyph origin
    
Characters in the same phonetic series (世) (Zhengzhang, 2003)  
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 貰 | *ɦljebs, *hljebs | 
| 跇 | *l̥ʰebs, *lebs | 
| 迣 | *ʔljebs | 
| 世 | *hljebs | 
| 泄 | *lebs, *sled | 
| 枻 | *lebs | 
| 詍 | *lebs | 
| 靾 | *lebs | 
| 袣 | *lebs | 
| 抴 | *lebs, *led | 
| 呭 | *lebs | 
| 勩 | *lebs, *libs | 
| 屜 | *l̥ʰeːbs | 
| 鰈 | *l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb | 
| 渫 | *zreːb, *sled | 
| 煠 | *zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb | 
| 喋 | *rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb | 
| 鞢 | *rlaːb, *sleːb | 
| 殜 | *l'eb, *leb, *lab | 
| 葉 | *hljeb, *leb | 
| 弽 | *hljeb, *hleːb | 
| 韘 | *hljeb, *sleːb | 
| 枼 | *leb | 
| 楪 | *leb | 
| 揲 | *leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed | 
| 鍱 | *leb | 
| 偞 | *leb, *hleːb | 
| 蝶 | *l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb | 
| 牒 | *l'eːb | 
| 蹀 | *l'eːb | 
| 諜 | *l'eːb | 
| 堞 | *l'eːb | 
| 牃 | *l'eːb | 
| 褋 | *l'eːb | 
| 惵 | *l'eːb | 
| 碟 | *l'eːb | 
| 屧 | *sleːb | 
| 屟 | *sleːb | 
| 紲 | *sled | 
| 齛 | *sled | 
| 疶 | *sled | 
| 緤 | *sled | 
| 媟 | *sled | 
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 枼 (OC *leb).
Etymology 1
    
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lep (“butterfly”). See 蝴蝶 (húdié) for more.
Pronunciation
    
Usage notes
    
Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation tiěr.
Synonyms
    
	Dialectal synonyms of 蝴蝶 (“butterfly”) [map]
Compounds
    
Descendants
    
Pronunciation
    
Definitions
    
蝶
- Only used in 蝶𧌏.
Japanese
    
    
Readings
    
- Go-on: じょう (jō)←でふ (defu, historical)
- Kan-on: ちょう (chō)←てふ (tefu, historical)
- Kun: かわひらこ (kawahirako, 蝶)←かはひらこ (kafafirako, 蝶, historical)
Etymology
    
| Kanji in this term | 
|---|
| 蝶 | 
| ちょう Jinmeiyō | 
| on’yomi | 
From Middle Chinese 蝶 (dep).
Phonological development: tepu → tefu → tewu → teu → tjoː [tɕoː]
Pronunciation
    
Korean
    
    Hanja
    
蝶 • (jeop) (hangeul 접, revised jeop, McCune–Reischauer chŏp, Yale cep)
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Vietnamese
    
    
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