Chinese Character 蛍 Meanings and components.

Form

蛍

Meaning

蛍 meaning[3] in English

Japanese Variant Of 螢|萤.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蛍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are small (小) , and lower form of … (虫)

Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫chong2lower form …

In cangjie it is written with FBLMI

How to write 蛍

To write蛍ying2Japanese variant … you should write a combination of 小xiao3small , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 冖 shape:

小 + 虫 = 蛍

蛍 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 蛍 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蛍, looks as follow:

蛍
Pinyin:ying2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 螢|萤
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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