Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 9 freq #2011

butterfly

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

insect mushi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

butterfly
Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
common map (Cyrestis thyodamas); map-wing butterfly
evening brown butterfly (Melanitis leda); common evening brown
Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)
beluga (species of sturgeon, Huso huso)
black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)
silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus)
pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

butterfly
wing nut; butterfly screw
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
being half awake and half asleep; butterfly's dream
pebbled butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus); multiband butterflyfish
kaluga (Huso dauricus); river beluga
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)

Example sentences

He knows a lot about butterflies.

He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly.

Oh, there's a butterfly!