蝶結び

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝶	結
ちょう Jinmeiyō	むす Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

蝶 (chō, “butterfly”) +‎ 結び (musubi, “knot”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーむすび [chòómúꜜsùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːmɯ̟sɨbʲi]

Noun

蝶(ちょう)結(むす)び • (chōmusubi) ^{←てふむすび (tefumusubi)^?}

bowknot, shoelace knot (type of knot with two loops)

Synonyms

蝶々結(ちょうちょむす)び (chōchomusubi)
花結(はなむす)び (hanamusubi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN