蝶
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(bound form) butterfly
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 虫 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 蝶
- Common rank
- #1,898
- Unicode
- U+8776
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
butterfly (back end) · Heisig RSH #2976
虫 insect + family tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 蝶
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝶古巴特 | (Tw) (loanword) decoupage | |
| 蝶形领带 | bow tie | |
| 蝶形领结 | bow tie | |
| 欧蝶鱼 | plaice | |
| 凤蝶科 | family Papilionidae (taxonomy) | |
| 虎斑蝶 | common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia) | |
| 燕尾蝶 | swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae) | |
| 蝶兰 | Phalaenopsis (flower genus) | |
| 蝶变 | (of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose; (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change (e.g.… | |
| 蝶骨 | sphenoid bone (front of the temple) | |
| 招蜂引蝶 | (lit.) (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom); (fig.) to flirt | |
| 庄周梦蝶 | Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhua… | |
| 蝶类 | butterfly (family) | |
| 粉蝶 | pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family) | |
| 胡蝶 | variant of 蝴蝶[hu2 die2] | |
| 凤蝶 | swallowtail butterfly | |
| 破茧成蝶 | lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom); fig. to emerge strong af… | |
| 蝴蝶领结 | bow tie | |
| 蝴蝶效应 | butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory) | |
| 蝴蝶花 | iris; Iris tectorum |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 枼 — compare how they read.