Translation

chou means "Butterfly" in English.

chou is normally written with katakana, as チョウ.
chou written with hiragana is ちょう.
chou written with kanji is 蝶.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.
Romaji cho u
Hiraganaちょう
Katakanaチョウ
Kanji 蝶
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Orthography Notes

  • ちょ is a compound kana representing a single syllable with multiple characters.

Homonyms & Similar Words

  • chou 超, "super."

Further Reading

Wikipedia: 蝶 (Butterfly)
  1. バタフライ - ja.wikipedia.org, accessed .
oochouzame 大蝶鮫.