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JLPT N1 · Noun

蝶 (chou)

蝶 (ちょう, chou) is a Japanese noun meaning “butterfly”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ちょう
Romaji
chou
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. butterfly · noun

Example sentences

私は美しい蝶を捕まえた。
I caught a beautiful butterfly.
Tatoeba #153108

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 蝶

蝶
butterflyチョウ · 15 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1429010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.