15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

butterfly

On'yomi
  • チョ
    butterfly

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

チョウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

butterfly
チョウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
insect, bug, temper
むし チュウ キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ うすいきふだ まど
generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)

Common Words

butterfly
the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld) ②inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)
small butterfly
Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini)
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)
moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)
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References

Unicode hex code 8776
JIS X 0208 1-36-19
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4171
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5363
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1401
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1772
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 946
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1278
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 521
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 560
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2495
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1970
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 33333
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2236
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 527
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d9.7
Four corner code 5419.4