しろちょう
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
white
butterfly
Pitch accent
ぞしろ
ちょう
Composed of
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)