蝶々

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蝶々

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蝶	蝶
ちょう Jinmeiyō	ちょう Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Alternative spelling
蝶蝶

Reduplication of 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーちょー (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ちょーちょー (Heiban – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

蝶(ちょう)々(ちょう) or 蝶々(チョウチョウ) • (chōchō) ^{←てふてふ (tefutefu)^?}

butterfly

Synonyms

蝶(ちょう) (chō), 蝴(こ)蝶(ちょう) (kochō)

See also

蝶(ちょう)類(るい) (chōrui)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蝶	蝶
ちょう Jinmeiyō	ちょう > ちょ Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Alternative spelling
蝶蝶

Alteration of chōchō above.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーちょ (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ちょーちょ (Heiban – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

蝶(ちょう)々(ちょ) • (chōcho) ^{←てふちよ (tefutyo)^?}

butterfly

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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