萤

yíng

yíngspelled as ing · 2nd tone — spelling rules

firefly · glow-worm

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 11

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Less common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Stroke Order · 11 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

萤=艹+冖+虫

Etymology

insect

Meanings

firefly

glow-worm

yíng

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Words with 萤 46 total

Taiwan variant of yíng guāng萤光yíng guāng light of firefly · fairy light萤火yíng huǒ fluorite CaF2 · fluorspar · fluor萤石yíng shí light of firefly · firefly萤焰yíng yàn Choi Yeong (1316-1388), general of Korean Goryeo dynasty崔萤Cuī Yíng firefly流萤liú yíng (Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc)萤幕yíng mù firefly · glowworm · lightning bug萤火虫yíng huǒ chóng Taiwan variant of yíng guāng bàng萤光棒yíng guāng bàng

Idioms with 萤 14 total Chain

(idiom) studying by the light of snow or fireflies; fig. diligent study in poverty雪窗萤几xuě chuāng yíng jǐ

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