JLPT N3 · Animals

蝶

ちょう

butterfly

Stroke order of 蝶

蝶 is written with 15 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A bug (虫) with leaf-like (枼) wings fluttering: a butterfly.

Parts: 虫 bug + 枼 leaf

Example sentence

花に蝶がとまっている。

はなにちょうがとまっている。

A butterfly is resting on the flower.

More words: Animals

昆虫insect 蚊mosquito 蜂bee 羊sheep 猿monkey 熊bear 虎tiger 象elephant 鹿deer 狐fox 兎rabbit 亀turtle 蛇snake 鶏chicken

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