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U+87A2, 螢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A2

[U+87A1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+87A3]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火月中戈 (FFBLI), four-corner 99136, composition 𤇾)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33434
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+87A2

Chinese

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trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to (OC *ɡʷeːŋ, “luminous, fluorescent; to shine, to shimmer, to dazzle”)?”

From 虫 "worm", 熒 "fluorescent" sound, indicating fireflies.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • êng - literary;
  • iâⁿ - vernacular.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /iŋ³⁵/
Harbin /iŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /iŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /iŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /iŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /iŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /iŋ²⁴/
Xining /iə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /iŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /iŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /in²¹³/
Chengdu /yn³¹/
Guiyang /in²¹/
Kunming /ĩ³¹/
Nanjing /in²⁴/
Hefei /in⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /yŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦioŋ²³/
/ɦiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ɦin¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦin²¹³/
Wenzhou /joŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /yʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /iɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /yn¹³/
/ian¹³/
Xiangtan /yn¹²/
Gan Nanchang /yn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /in¹¹/
Taoyuan /in¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jeŋ²¹/
Nanning /jeŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /jiŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /iŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /iaŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iaŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ioŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /zɔŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (126)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter hweng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦweŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷeŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɣueŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɣiweŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiweŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xióng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wing4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hweng ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-qʷˁeŋ/
English glow-worm

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15387
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷeːŋ/

Definitions

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  1. firefly

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. firefly

Readings

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  • Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)ぎやう (gyau, historical)
  • Kan-on: けい (kei)けい (kei, historical)くゑい (kwei, ancient)
  • Kun: ほたる (hotaru, )

Etymology

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
S
[kanji] jōyō kanji
Kanji reading:
ぎょう, けい, ほたる
(This term, , is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC hweng). Recorded as Middle Korean 혀ᇰ (hyeng) (Yale: hyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 반딧불이 (banditburi hyeong))

  1. hanja form? of (glow-worm; luminous insect)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: huỳnh

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