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蝴

hú

butterfly

🔤 Pictophonetic: 虫 (insect) provides meaning, 胡 provides pronunciation

HSK 5 15 strokes Common (30%)

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Component Breakdown

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虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

胡

hú

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

⿰虫胡 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chóng

虫

insect, worm; mollusk

🔤 Pictophonetic:

6 strokes HSK 5

zhōng

中

central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese

💡 Ideographic: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口

4 strokes HSK 1

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

hú

胡

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (meat) provides meaning, 古 provides pronunciation

9 strokes HSK 5

gǔ

古

old, classic, ancient

💡 Ideographic: Words passing through ten 十 mouths 口

5 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉

4 strokes

Words Using 蝴 (10)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

蝴蝶 ↗

húdié

butterfly / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

húdié

蝴蝶 ↗

HSK 5

butterfly / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

蝴蝶效应 ↗

húdiéxiàoyìng

butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)

húdiéxiàoyìng

蝴蝶效应 ↗

butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)

蝴蝶犬 ↗

húdiéquǎn

papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)

húdiéquǎn

蝴蝶犬 ↗

papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)

蝴蝶琴 ↗

húdiéqín

same as yangqin [[揚琴|扬琴]], dulcimer

húdiéqín

蝴蝶琴 ↗

same as yangqin [[揚琴|扬琴]], dulcimer

crispy short-crust pastry / mille-feuilles

húdiésū

蝴蝶酥 ↗

crispy short-crust pastry / mille-feuilles

鸳鸯蝴蝶 ↗

yuānyanghúdié

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

yuānyanghúdié

鸳鸯蝴蝶 ↗

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists

yuānyanghúdiépài

鸳鸯蝴蝶派 ↗

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists