# Butterfly

蝶 chō

![Butterfly](https://www.furoshiki.com/motifs/cho.svg)

Renewal, transformation and immortality; the sound chō also evokes 長, long life.

China and Japan

Valued for its metamorphosis from chrysalis; also linked to souls and the arrival of spring.

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Source: https://www.furoshiki.com/motifs/cho/