Skip to main content

蛍

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • lightning-bug
  • firefly

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ほたる
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#2021
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
虫#142 · insect

Components

Common Words

  • 蛍ほたるNoun
    firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm
  • 蛍光灯けいこうとうNoun
    fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light
  • 蛍光けいこうNoun
    fluorescence
  • 土蛍つちボタルNoun
    glowworm
  • 地蛍つちボタルNoun
    glowworm
  • 姫蛍ひめぼたるNoun
    Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)
  • 流蛍りゅうけいNoun
    flying firefly
  • 海蛍うみほたるNoun
    sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp

Practice in Kanjiru

Write 蛍 by hand (opens in new tab)

Related Kanji

光rayこう、ひか、ひかりN36 strokes灯lampとう、ひ、ほN26 strokes姫princessき、ひめN110 strokes流currentりゅう、る、ながN310 strokes海seaかい、うみN49 strokes地groundち、じN46 strokes

Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)