蛍
commonlightning-bug; firefly
Radical: 虫 (insect). Strokes: 11画. Elements: ⺌虫冖. Variants: 螢. . Hangul: 형 [hyeong].
Jōyō Kanji High School. JLPT N1.
Example compounds:
| ケイKEI | 蛍光【けいこうkeikō】fluorescence 蛍光灯【けいこうとうkeikōtō】fluorescent lamp; person who is slow to react 蛍光塗料【けいこうとりょうkeikōtoryō】fluorescent paint |
| ほたるhotaru | 蛍【ほたるhotaru】firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm 蛍狩り【ほたるがりhotarugari】firefly catching 蛍石【ほたるいしhotaruishi】fluorite; fluorspar |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 86cd | – | Unicode |
| 23-54 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-5-6 | – | SKIP |
| 3n8.2 | – | TKD |
| 3213.6 | – | Four Corner |
| 5302 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2591 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1658 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 518 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 1925 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 32983 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 10 p. 23 |
| 1200 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 1878 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 1717 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 1482 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 1676 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 1607 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 524 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |