Keyword
butterfly
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig560
Readings
ちょ
(8%)
Composed of
insect
flat piece of wood
Used in vocabulary (102 in total)
butterfly
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)
being half awake and half asleep; (lit.) butterfly's dream
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)
papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld); inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)
any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)
Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini); Madam Butterfly
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster
sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
national butterfly
large grass yellow (species of butterfly, Eurema hecabe); common grass yellow; yellow butterfly
gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae spp.)
sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra)
beluga (species of sturgeon, Huso huso)
fringed iris (Iris japonica); Japanese iris
flight path of a butterfly
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini); Madam Butterfly
Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini); Madam Butterfly
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes)
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes)
gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae spp.)
Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)
tree nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula); moon butterflyfish
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
long-tailed spangle (Papilio macilentus); long-tailed swallowtail
nymphalid (any butterfly of family Nymphalidae)
satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling
satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling
peacock butterfly (Inachis io); European peacock
moth fly (Psychodidae); moth midge; sand fly
skipper butterfly
skipper butterfly
Lepidoptera (order comprising the butterflies and moths)
Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
red admiral (butterfly)
Order of the Precious Crown, Butterfly
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
small butterfly
wing nut; butterfly screw
wing nut; butterfly screw
wing nut; butterfly screw
Choya Corporation
Ponerorchis graminifolia (Orchis graminifolia)
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
Pieris melete (species of cabbage white butterfly)
Asian comma butterfly (Polygonia c-aureum)
butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea); Asian pigeonwings
American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus)
blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus)
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus); citron butterflyfish
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus); citron butterflyfish
Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)
Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)
pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)
pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)
black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)
kaluga (Huso dauricus); river beluga
Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)
pebbled butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus); multiband butterflyfish
evening brown butterfly (Melanitis leda); common evening brown
silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus)
sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)
Indian red admiral (Vanessa indica); Asian admiral
common map (Cyrestis thyodamas); map-wing butterfly
common map (Cyrestis thyodamas); map-wing butterfly
Examples (30 in total)
The caterpillar eventually turns into a beautiful butterfly.
Today in the morning, I have seen the birth of a butterfly.
He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly.