蝶 = 虫 + 枼

蝶 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “butterfly”. It is built from 虫 (insects) and 枼 (a table).

Keyword: butterfly
Pinyin (Mandarin): dié
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: бабочка
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 蝶 butterfly

Decomposition

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虫 insects
枼 a table

How to find 蝶 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “insects” + “a table”. 蝶 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蝶 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.