螢

See also: 萤 and 蛍

螢 U+87A2, 螢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A2 ← 螡 [U+87A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 螣 → [U+87A3]

Translingual

Traditional	螢
Shinjitai	蛍
Simplified	萤

Han character

螢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火月中戈 (FFBLI), four-corner 9913₆, composition ⿱𤇾虫)

Derived characters

• 𪦱, 𢤨, 㶈, 𤫁, 𥌴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33434
• Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 6
• Unihan data for U+87A2

Chinese

trad.		螢
simp.		萤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鶯	*qreːŋ
罃	*qreːŋ
嫈	*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮	*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮	*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝	*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸	*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤	*ɢʷreːŋ
榮	*ɢʷreŋ
瑩	*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑	*ɢʷreŋ
禜	*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟	*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢	*ɡʷeŋ
焭	*ɡʷeŋ
縈	*qʷeŋ
營	*ɢʷeŋ
鎣	*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋	*ɢʷeŋ
濴	*ɢʷeŋ
熒	*ɡʷeːŋ
螢	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Etymology

From 虫 "worm", 熒 "fluorescent" sound, indicating fireflies.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jing⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yin²

• Eastern Min (BUC): ìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): êng / iâⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
    • Wade–Giles: ying²
    • Yale: yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin²
    • Sinological IPA: /in¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yin²
    • Sinological IPA: /in¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
    • Tâi-lô: îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iã²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iã¹³/

Note:

• êng - literary;
• iâⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: iong⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 螢
Mandarin	Beijing	/iŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/iŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/iŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/iŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/iŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/iŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/iŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/iə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/iŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ĩn⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/iŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/in²¹³/
	Chengdu	/yn³¹/
	Guiyang	/in²¹/
	Kunming	/ĩ³¹/
	Nanjing	/in²⁴/
	Hefei	/in⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/yŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ĩŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦioŋ²³/ /ɦiŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦin¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦin²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/joŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/yʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/iɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/yn¹³/ /ian¹³/
	Xiangtan	/yn¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/yn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/in¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/in¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jeŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/jeŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/jiŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/iaŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ioŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zɔŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hweng

Rime
Character	螢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (126)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸扃切
Baxter	hweng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣueŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣiweŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiweŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xióng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʷˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	螢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yíng
Middle Chinese	‹ hweng ›
Old Chinese	/*m-qʷˁeŋ/
English	glow-worm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螢
Reading #	1/1
No.	15387
Phonetic component	熒
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	熒
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːŋ/

Definitions

螢

1. firefly

Compounds

• 囊螢 / 囊萤
• 囊螢積雪 / 囊萤积雪
• 映雪囊螢 / 映雪囊萤
• 流螢 / 流萤 (liúyíng)
• 照螢映雪 / 照萤映雪
• 積雪囊螢 / 积雪囊萤
• 聚螢 / 聚萤
• 聚螢映雪 / 聚萤映雪
• 聚螢積雪 / 聚萤积雪
• 螢光 / 萤光 (yíngguāng)
• 螢光劑 / 萤光剂
• 螢光幕 / 萤光幕 (yíngguāngmù)
• 螢光板 / 萤光板
• 螢光燈 / 萤光灯 (yíngguāngdēng)
• 螢光粉 / 萤光粉
• 螢光體 / 萤光体
• 螢幕 / 萤幕 (yíngmù)
• 螢火 / 萤火 (yínghuǒ)
• 螢火蟲 / 萤火虫 (yínghuǒchóng)
• 螢石 / 萤石 (yíngshí)
• 螢窗 / 萤窗
• 螢窗雪案 / 萤窗雪案
• 螢蛾 / 萤蛾
• 螢雪 / 萤雪
• 車胤囊螢 / 车胤囊萤
• 集螢映雪 / 集萤映雪
• 雪案螢燈 / 雪案萤灯
• 雪案螢窗 / 雪案萤窗
• 雪窗螢几
• 雪窗螢火 / 雪窗萤火

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	蛍
Kyūjitai	螢

Kanji

螢

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛍)

1. firefly

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: ほたる (hotaru, 螢)

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 螢 – see the following entry.

【蛍】S [kanji] jōyō kanji Kanji reading: ぎょう, けい, ほたる

(This term, 螢, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 螢 (MC hweng). Recorded as Middle Korean 혀ᇰ (hyeng) (Yale: hyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

螢 (eumhun 반딧불이 형 (banditburi hyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 형 (“glow-worm; luminous insect”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 형광 (螢光, hyeonggwang)
• 형설 (螢雪, hyeongseol)
• 형석 (螢石, hyeongseok)
• 형과 (螢科, hyeonggwa)
• 형창 (螢窓, hyeongchang)
• 형학 (螢學, hyeonghak)
• 형화 (螢火, hyeonghwa)
• 형광등 (螢光燈, hyeonggwangdeung)
• 형광체 (螢光體, hyeonggwangche)
• 형광판 (螢光板, hyeonggwangpan)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

螢: Hán Nôm readings: huỳnh

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