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 (83 in total)
butterfly
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)
papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld); inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
sphenoid bone (of the skull)
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster
sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)
any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster
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)
flight path of a butterfly
beluga (species of sturgeon, Huso huso)
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan)
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan)
gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae spp.)
raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula); moon butterflyfish
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
tree nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe)
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
skipper butterfly
skipper butterfly
Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)
red admiral (butterfly)
Order of the Precious Crown, Butterfly
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
small butterfly
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, species of the Indo-Pacific)
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific)
blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)
blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); citron butterflyfish
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); 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)
Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
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)
Examples (29 in total)
He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly.
He knows a lot about butterflies.
She observed how butterflies fly.