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 (radical 142 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈心廿木 (LIPTD), four-corner 5419₄, composition ⿰虫枼)

References

KangXi: page 1091, character 25

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33333

Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 28

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2868, character 1

Unihan data for U+8776

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蝶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (世) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
貰	ɦljebs, hljebs
跇	l̥ʰebs, lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	lebs, sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	lebs, led
呭	*lebs
勩	lebs, libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	l̥ʰaːb, l'eːb
渫	zreːb, sled
煠	zreːb, l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	rlaːb, ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	rlaːb, sleːb
殜	l'eb, leb, *lab
葉	hljeb, leb
弽	hljeb, hleːb
韘	hljeb, sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	leb, l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	leb, hleːb
蝶	l̥ʰeːb, l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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
(Pinyin): dié (die²)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dip⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ya̍k / ya̍p / thia̍p
Min Nan (POJ): ia̍h / tia̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dié
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
  - Wade–Giles: tieh²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dip⁶
  - Yale: dihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dib⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːp̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍k / ya̍p / thia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: iag / iab / tiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yag⁶ / yab⁶ / tiab⁶
  - IPA: /i̯ak̚⁵/, /i̯ap̚⁵/, /tʰi̯ap̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍k / ya̍p / thia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iag / (r)iab / tiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yag⁶ / yab⁶ / tiab⁶
  - IPA: /(j)i̯ak̚⁵/, /(j)i̯ap̚⁵/, /tʰi̯ap̚⁵/

Note:

ya̍k/ya̍p - vernacular;
thia̍p - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h / tia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: ia̍h / tia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iah, diap
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʔ⁴/, /tiap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʔ²⁴/, /tiap̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʔ¹²¹/, /tiap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iaʔ⁴/, /tiap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/, /tiap̚⁴/

Note:

ia̍h - vernacular;
tia̍p - literary.

Middle Chinese: /dep̚/▼

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
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

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤep/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'eːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蝶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dié
Middle Chinese	‹ dep ›
Old Chinese	/*lˤep/
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

butterfly

Compounds

三線蝶／三线蝶
化蝶
墨蝶
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
白粉蝶
碧鳳蝶／碧凤蝶
穿花蛺蝶／穿花蛱蝶
粉蝶
紙蝴蝶／纸蝴蝶

細蝶／细蝶
胡蝶夢／胡蝶梦
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)
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
蝴蝶裝／蝴蝶装

蝴蝶骨
蝶化
蝶呤 (diélìng)
蝶啶 (diédìng)
蝶夢／蝶梦
蝶式
蝶泳 (diéyǒng)
蝶粉蜂黃／蝶粉蜂黄
蝶蛹 (diéyǒng)
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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蝶):

Japanese: 蝶 (ちょう) (chō)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiē (tie¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝ
  - Wade–Giles: t'ieh¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tie
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /tʰep̚/▼

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
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

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːb/

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

Only used in 蝶𧌏.

Japanese

Kanji

蝶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

butterfly

Readings

Goon: 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, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蝶
ちょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蝶 (dep)

tepu > tefu > tewu > teu > tjoː [tɕoː]

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ちょー [chóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ː]
Homophones: 金魚蝨, 魚蝨, 丁, 庁, 兆, 町, 疔, 長, 帳, 張, 朝, 牒, 腸, 徴, 調, 寵, 鵰, 趙

Noun

蝶 (hiragana ちょう, katakana チョウ, rōmaji chō, historical hiragana てふ)

a butterfly (insect)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝶 (điệp)

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