The kanji 蛍: meaning, readings and stroke order

蛍

Meaning: firefly
On reading: ケイ kei
Kun reading: ほたる hotaru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 虫 insect
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 螢

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đom đóm (huỳnh)
Japanese: ほたる。よるおしりがひかるむし。
Korean: 반딧불이 (형)
Chinese: 萤火虫 (萤)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケイ kei · on reading · less common

蛍けい光こう
fluorescence, fluorescent
蛍けい光こうのペンで印をつけます。
I mark it with a highlighter.

ほたる hotaru · kun reading

蛍ほたる
firefly
夏の夜に 蛍ほたるを見ました。
I saw fireflies on a summer night.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.