しろちょう
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)
Kanji used
white
butterfly
Pitch accent
ちょう
Composed of
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
butterfly
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
Order of the Precious Crown, Butterfly
Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)