蝶

See also: 蜨
蝶 U+8776, 蝶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8776
← 蝵
[U+8775]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蝷 →
[U+8777]

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 Dictionary: 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, 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


Note:
  • ya̍k/ya̍p - vernacular;
  • thia̍p - literary.

Rime
Character 蝶
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 怗 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 徒協切
Baxter dep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dep̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/dep̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛp̚/
Li
Rong
/dep̚/
Wang
Li
/diep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dip6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蝶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dié
Middle
Chinese
‹ dep ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˁep/
English hu-dep: butterfly

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝶
Reading # 2/2
No. 11580
Phonetic
component
世
Rime
group
盍
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
牒
Old
Chinese
/*l'eːb/
Notes 見漢詩

Definitions

蝶

  1. butterfly
  2. (swimming) Short for 蝶泳 (diéyǒng, “butterfly stroke”).

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation tiěr.

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 三線蝶/三线蝶
  • 化蝶
  • 夢蝶/梦蝶 (mèngdié)
  • 夢裡蝴蝶/梦里蝴蝶
  • 寬尾鳳蝶/宽尾凤蝶
  • 招蜂引蝶
  • 撲蝶之會/扑蝶之会
  • 斑蝶
  • 枯葉蝶/枯叶蝶
  • 浪蝶游蜂
  • 浪蝶狂蜂
  • 狂蜂浪蝶 (kuángfēnglàngdié)
  • 白粉蝶
  • 碧鳳蝶/碧凤蝶
  • 穿花蛺蝶/穿花蛱蝶
  • 粉蝶 (fěndié)
  • 紙蝴蝶/纸蝴蝶
  • 細蝶/细蝶
  • 胡蝶夢/胡蝶梦 (húdiémèng)
  • 臺灣粉蝶/台湾粉蝶
  • 臺灣鳳蝶/台湾凤蝶
  • 花蝴蝶 (huāhúdié)
  • 莊周夢蝶/庄周梦蝶 (zhuāngzhōumèngdié)
  • 薄翅黃蝶/薄翅黄蝶
  • 藍蝴蝶/蓝蝴蝶
  • 蚨蝶
  • 蛺蝶/蛱蝶 (jiádié)
  • 蝶化
  • 蝶呤 (diélìng)
  • 蝶啶 (diédìng)
  • 蝶夢/蝶梦
  • 蝶式 (diéshì)
  • 蝶泳 (diéyǒng)
  • 蝶粉蜂黃/蝶粉蜂黄
  • 蝶蛹 (diéyǒng)
  • 蝴蝶 (húdié)
  • 蝴蝶夢/蝴蝶梦 (húdiémèng)
  • 蝴蝶夫人
  • 蝴蝶犬 (húdiéquǎn)
  • 蝴蝶穿花
  • 蝴蝶結/蝴蝶结 (húdiéjié)
  • 蝴蝶蘭/蝴蝶兰 (húdiélán)
  • 蝴蝶裝/蝴蝶装
  • 蝴蝶骨
  • 蝶衣
  • 蝶類/蝶类
  • 迷蝶
  • 遊蜂戲蝶/游蜂戏蝶
  • 遊蜂浪蝶/游蜂浪蝶
  • 風蝶/风蝶
  • 鳳蝶/凤蝶 (fèngdié)
  • 黃鳳蝶/黄凤蝶
  • 墨蝶

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蝶):
  • → Japanese: 蝶(ちょう) (chō)
  • → Vietnamese: điệp (蝶)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 蝶
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 怗 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 他協切
Baxter thep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰep̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰep̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛp̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰep̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰiep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝶
Reading # 1/2
No. 11570
Phonetic
component
世
Rime
group
盍
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
怗
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰeːb/

Definitions

蝶

  1. Only used in 蝶𧌏.

Japanese

Kanji

蝶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. butterfly

Readings

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

  • (Tokyo) ちょ​ー [chóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

蝶(ちょう) or 蝶(チョウ) • (chō) ←てふ (tefu)?

  1. a butterfly (insect)

See also

Korean

Hanja

蝶 • (jeop) (hangeul 접, revised jeop, McCune–Reischauer chŏp, Yale cep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝶: Hán Nôm readings: điệp

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