Hanja Analyzer
蛍

蛍 — hyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

This is the Japanese glyph form. The Korean form is 螢.

Korean reading
반딧불이 형
Romanization
hyeong
English
glow-worm, luminous insect
Mandarin
yíng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ
Japanese kun'yomi
ほたる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,031 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Variant forms
螢
Radical
虫 (142, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+86CD

Japanese words with 蛍

  • 蛍光灯けいこうとう fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react
  • 蛍ほたる firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
  • 蛍光けいこう fluorescence
  • 蛍火ほたるび glow of a firefly; nearly extinguished fire; embers
  • 蛍石ほたるいし fluorite; fluorspar
  • 蛍袋ほたるぶくろ bellflower
  • 蛍雪けいせつ diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study
  • 蛍藺ほたるい Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
  • 蛍草ほたるぐさ dayflower
  • 姫蛍ひめぼたる Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)
  • 海蛍うみほたる sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp
  • 流蛍りゅうけい flying firefly

Other hanja read “형”

亨 侀 兄 刑 哼 型 夐 娙 形 泂 滎 瀅 灐 炯 烱 熒 珩 瑩 荆 荊 螢 衡 詗 迥 逈 邢 鎣 陘 馨

Other hanja with radical 虫

虫 虬 虯 虱 虹 虺 虻 蚊 蚋 蚌 蚍 蚓 蚕 蚣 蚤 蚨 蚩 蚪 蚯 蚰 蚱 蚳 蚴 蛀 蛅 蛆 蛇 蛉 蛋 蛔 蛙 蛛 蛞 蛟 蛣 蛤 蛩 蛬 蛭 蛮 蛸 蛹 蛻 蛾 蜀 蜂 蜃 蜆 蜈 蜉 蜊 蜋 蜎 蜑 蜕 蜖 蜘 蜚 蜜 蜝

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