蝶々

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝶	蝶
ちょう Jinmeiyō	ちょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Reduplication of 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”).

Alternative forms

蝶蝶

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ちょーちょー [chóꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

蝶々 (hiragana ちょうちょう, katakana チョウチョウ, rōmaji chōchō, historical hiragana てふてふ)

butterfly

Synonyms

蝶 (ちょう) (chō), 蝴 (こ)蝶 (ちょう) (kochō)

See also

蝶類 (ちょうるい) (chōrui)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝶	蝶
ちょう Jinmeiyō	ちょう > ちょ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alteration of chōcho above.

Alternative forms

蝶蝶

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ちょーちょ [chóꜜòchò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- (Tokyo) ちょーちょ [chòóchó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕo̞]

Noun

蝶々 (hiragana ちょうちょ, rōmaji chōcho, historical hiragana てふちよ)

butterfly

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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