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蝴

hú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 butterfly (in 蝴蝶)

Examples

HSK 5
一只彩色的蝴蝶落在花上。
Yìzhī cǎisè de húdié luò zài huā shàng.
A colorful butterfly landed on the flower.
HSK 6
她把头发扎成一个蝴蝶结。
Tā bǎ tóufa zā chéng yígè húdiéjié.
She tied her hair into a butterfly knot.

Tips

usage
蝴 never stands alone. Its only word is 蝴蝶 (butterfly), which also gives 蝴蝶结 (bow knot, shaped like a butterfly).

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect
The insect radical 虫 marks 蝴 as a bug, here one half of the word for butterfly.
phonetic
胡 hú
beard; recklessly
胡 supplies the sound hú exactly and carries no meaning here, serving purely as the phonetic part.

Stroke Order

蝴 hú