Chinese Character 螢 Meanings and components.

Form

螢

Meaning

螢 meaning[3] in English

Firefly.

Glow-Worm.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 螢 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (炏) , 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 FFBLI

How to write 螢

To write螢ying2firefly you should write a combination of 炏kai4old variant … , 虫chong2lower form … arranged in a 冖 shape:

炏 + 虫 = 螢

螢 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

螢
Pinyin:ying2 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Firefly . Glow-Worm
炏
Pinyin:kai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 炎[Yan2]
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
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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