螢
Information about character(s)
Radical: 虫Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 萤
Variants: 蛍
Pronunciation
Pinyin: yíngCantonese: jing4
JapaneseKun: HOTARU
JapaneseOn: KEI
Korean: HYENG
Vietnamese: huỳnh
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: glow-worm, luminous insectCE-Dict: firefly/glow-worm
朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: firebug; firefly; glowworm
懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: firebug; firefly; glowworm
康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】 螢
【唐韻】戸扃切【韻會】互扃切,𠀤音熒。火蟲名。【禮·月令】腐草爲螢。【爾雅·釋蟲】螢火卽炤。【註】夜飛,腹下有火。【古今注】螢,一名耀夜,一名景天,一名熠燿,一名丹良,一名燐,一名丹鳥,一名夜光,一名宵燭。【埤雅】螢無胃而育。【晉書·車𦙍傳】家貧不常得油,夏日則練囊盛數十螢火以照書。 又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤于平切,音榮。義同。 或作𧓌。
Buddhism words and phrases a firefly;
CF-Dict: ver luisant/luciole
Han-De-Dict: Leuchtkäfer (u.E.) (S)