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蝶 = 枼 + 虫

蝶 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “butterfly”. It is built from 枼 (tarzan) and 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 560.

Keyword
butterfly
RTK frame
560
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бабочка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蝶 butterfly

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 枼 tarzan
  2. 虫 insect

How to find 蝶 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tarzan” + “insect”. 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.