Word Meaning 鳳蝶

あげはちょう agehachou

鳳蝶 is read as あげはちょう (agehachou) and means swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus).

Meaning

English

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

Reading

Kana

あげはちょう

Romaji

agehachou

Writing Variants

揚羽蝶 あげはちょう agehachou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 140546 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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黒鳳蝶

くろあげは

spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)

擬鳳蝶

あげはもどき

mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)

麝香鳳蝶

じゃこうあげは

Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)

蝶

ちょう

butterfly

高山蝶

こうざんちょう

alpine butterfly

赤立羽蝶

あかたてはちょう

red admiral (butterfly)

条黒白蝶

すじぐろしろちょう

Pieris melete (species of cabbage white butterfly)

淡色木間蝶

うすいろこのまちょう

evening brown butterfly (Melanitis leda)

鳳凰

ほうおう

Chinese firebird

蝶々

ちょうちょ

butterfly

白鳳時代

はくほうじだい

Hakuhō period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)

深山金鳳花

みやまきんぽうげ

meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. nipponicus)

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