螢 (yíng)

firefly

How 螢 is written

Strokes
16
Radical
炏 — N/A
Traditional
螢
Simplified
萤

Components

  • 炏 N/A
  • 冖 cover
  • 虫 insect

Common words using 螢

螢火 yínghuǒ
light of firefly; fairy light
螢火蟲 yínghuǒchóng
firefly; glowworm; lightning bug
流螢 liúyíng
firefly
螢幕 yíngmù
screen (of a TV, computer etc); also written 熒光屏|荧光屏[ying2 guang1 ping2]
螢石 yíngshí
fluorite CaF2; fluorspar; fluor

螢 in a sentence

我們昨晚去山上從看螢火蟲。

Wǒmen zuówǎn qù shānshàng kàn yínghuǒchóng.

“We went to the mountains last night to see fireflies.”

How common is 螢?

螢 is the 3,428th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 99.5% of all running text.

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