蛍

See also 螢

Translingual

Han character

蛍 (radical 142 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月中一戈 (FBLMI))

1. glow-worm, luminous insect

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1081, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32983
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 4, page 2845, character 4
• Unihan data for U+86CD

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Japanese

Noun

蛍 (hiragana ほたる, romaji hotaru)

1. a firefly

Proper noun

蛍 (hiragana けい, romaji Kei)

1. A male given name

Kanji

蛍 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: けい (kei), えい (ei), ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: ほたる (hotaru)

Compounds

• 蛍光灯 (けいこうとう, keikōtō): fluorescent lamp

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Korean

Hanja

蛍 (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune-Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蛍 (pinyin yíng (ying2), Wade-Giles ying²)