蝴
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used in 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]
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How 蝴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 胡 (phonetic, hú)
How to remember it
butterfly (front end) · Heisig RSH #2975
虫 insect + 胡 recklessly
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 胡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 胡 (hú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡 sound component | hú | recklessly, foolishly; wildly |
| 湖 | hú | lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green |
| 糊 | hú | muddled; paste; to stick on with paste |
| 葫 | hú | bottle-gourd |
| 瑚 | hú | coral |
| 鹕 | hú | pelican |
| 猢 | hú | a kind of monkey found in western China |
| 醐 | hú | the purest cream |
Words containing 蝴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝴蝶领结 | hú dié lǐng jié | bow tie |
| 蝴蝶效应 | hú dié xiào yìng | butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory) |
| 蝴蝶花 | hú dié huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 蝴蝶兰 | hú dié lán | moth orchid (genus Phalaenopsis) |
| 蝴蝶结 | hú dié jié | bow; bowknot |
| 蝴蝶犬 | hú dié quǎn | papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears) |
| 蝴蝶琴 | hú dié qín | same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer |
| 蝴蝶酥 | hú dié sū | crispy short-crust pastry; mille-feuilles |
| 蝴蝶 | hú dié | butterfly; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 | yuān yang hú dié pài | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as … |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | yuān yang hú dié | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and roman… |
| 蝴蝶铰 | hú dié jiǎo | hinge |