蛍 – lightning-bug, firefly

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2031 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 蛍 means lightning-bug, firefly. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ (kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほたる (hotaru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 虫 (no. 142).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	ほたる	hotaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 虫 (Kangxi radical 142). Components: 尚・虫・冖.

Words using 蛍

蛍光灯けいこうとうfluorescent lamp

Example sentences

蛍光灯がチカチカしてるな。新しいのと交換しないとダメかな。

This fluorescent lamp is starting to flicker. We'll have to replace it.

Tatoeba #176448

ハリーは本当に蛍光灯だね。

Harry's really slow to catch on.

Tatoeba #74557

Kanji with the same radical

融虫蛇蝶虹蚊蜜蜂蛋

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