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🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)

ちょう【蝶】

chou

Pronunciation: [t͡ɕoː]

Definition

Noun

  1. Butterfly; butterflies

Etymology

Historically written as てふ tefu. Ultimately from Chinese 【蝶】 "butterfly" (cf. Mandarin dié; Cantonese dip6; Wu diq; Min Nan tia̍p and ia̍h; Sino-Korean 접 jeop; Sino-Vietnamese điệp).

意味:こちょう【胡蝶】、ちょうちょう【蝶々】

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