懂中文 Dong Chinese

蝶

dié

butterfly

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 枼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蜨.

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

枼 sound component

枼  Sound component

yè

  

leaf

Definitions

蝶  

dié

butterfly; CL:隻|只[zhī]

蝶 (蜨) 

dié

variant of 蝶[dié]

Most common words with 蝶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蝴蝶

butterfly

蝶

butterfly

蝴蝶结

bow

蝶泳

butterfly stroke (swimming)

招蜂引蝶

to flirt