Translingual

Han character

蛍 (radical 142 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月中一戈 (FBLMI), composition ⿳⺍冖虫)

1. glow-worm, luminous insect

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1081, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32983
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 4, page 2845, character 4
• Unihan data for U+86CD

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 螢)

Readings

• Goon: ぎょう (gyō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)
• Kun: ほたる (hotaru)

Compounds

• 蛍光灯 (けいこうとう) ‎(keikōtō, “fluorescent lamp”)

Alternative forms

• 螢

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ほ​たる [hóꜜtàrù] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ta̠ɾ̠ɯᵝ]

Noun

蛍 ‎(hiragana ほたる, katakana ホタル, romaji hotaru)

1. a firefly

Proper noun

蛍 ‎(hiragana けい, romaji Kei)

1. A female given name

Korean

Hanja

蛍 • ‎(hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune-Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蛍 ‎(Pinyin yíng (ying2), Wade-Giles ying²)

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