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蝶
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See also: 蜨
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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
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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): dieh5
- Eastern Min (BUC): diĕk
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 8diq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tie6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dié
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dié
- Wade–Giles: tieh2
- Yale: dyé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
- Palladius: де (de)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
- (vernacular)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiě
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiě
- Wade–Giles: tʻieh3
- Yale: tyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiee
- Palladius: те (te)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiěr
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiěr
- Wade–Giles: tʻieh3-ʼrh
- Yale: tyěr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieel
- Palladius: тер (ter)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛɻ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: die2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: die
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiɛ²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: dip6
- Yale: dihp
- Cantonese Pinyin: dip9
- Guangdong Romanization: dib6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiːp̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: iap5
- Sinological IPA (key): /iap̚³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍k / ya̍p / thia̍p
- Hakka Romanization System: iag / iab / tiab
- Hagfa Pinyim: yag6 / yab6 / tiab6
- Sinological IPA: /i̯ak̚⁵/, /i̯ap̚⁵/, /tʰi̯ap̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍k / ya̍p / thia̍p
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iag / (r)iab / tiab
- Hagfa Pinyim: yag6 / yab6 / tiab6
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ak̚⁵/, /(j)i̯ap̚⁵/, /tʰi̯ap̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
Note:
- ya̍k/ya̍p - vernacular;
- thia̍p - literary.
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: dieh5
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiəʔ⁵⁴/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: diĕk
- Sinological IPA (key): /tieʔ⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- ia̍h - vernacular;
- tia̍p - literary.
Note:
- Middle Chinese: dep
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤep/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'eːb/
Definitions
蝶
- butterfly
- (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
- 喙蝶 (huìdié)
- 夢蝶 / 梦蝶 (mèngdié)
- 夢裡蝴蝶 / 梦里蝴蝶
- 寬尾鳳蝶 / 宽尾凤蝶
- 尾蝶 (bé-ia̍h)
- 尾蝶仔 (bé-ia̍h-á)
- 弄蝶 (nòngdié)
- 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
- 灰蝶
- 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)
- 蝶仔 (ia̍h-á)
- 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, ô͘-tia̍p)
- 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
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiē
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tie
- Wade–Giles: tʻieh1
- Yale: tyē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tie
- Palladius: те (te)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: thep
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːb/
Definitions
蝶
- only used in 蝶𧌏
References
- “Query for 蝶”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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Japanese
Kanji
蝶
Readings
- Go-on: じょう (jō)←でふ (defu, historical)
- Kan-on: ちょう (chō)←てふ (tefu, historical)
- Kun: かわひらこ (kawahirako, 蝶)←かはひらこ (kafafirako, 蝶, historical)
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 蝶 (dep).
Phonological development: tepu → tefu → tewu → teu → tjoː [tɕoː]
Pronunciation
Noun
See also
Korean
Hanja
蝶 • (jeop) (hangeul 접, revised jeop, McCune–Reischauer chŏp, Yale cep)
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Vietnamese
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