dié
butterfly
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 枼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蜨.
Most common words with 蝶
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
butterfly | ||
butterfly | ||
bow | ||
butterfly stroke (swimming) | ||
to flirt |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lˤep | dep | dié | hu-dep: butterfly |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.0205% of movies
2371st most common character in movies
2306th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+8776 |
Sources
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