螢 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. ほたる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「虫」+音符「𤇾」。「ほたる」を意味する漢語｛螢｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

firefly

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケイ

Kun (native)

• ほたる

Other languages

• 拼音ying2
• 한글hyeong
• Hán-ViệtHuỳnh

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

虫(むし)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+87A2

grid_viewComponents

• 冖わかんむり
• 火ひ
• 虫むし

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𤇾虫

compare_arrowsVariants

• 蛍Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-8-8

Four Corner

9913.6

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3n8.2

Nelson

4176