蛍

See also: 螢 and 萤
蛍 U+86CD, 蛍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CD
← 蛌
[U+86CC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛎 →
[U+86CE]

Translingual
Traditional 螢
Shinjitai 蛍
Simplified 萤

Han character

蛍 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月中一戈 (FBLMI), composition ⿱𰃮虫)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1081, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32983
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2845, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+86CD

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 蛍 – see 螢 (“firefly”).
(This character, 蛍, is a variant form of 螢.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 蛍

Kyūjitai

 螢

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 螢 (yíng) (𤇾 (yíng) → 𰃮).

Kanji
蛍

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 螢)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
蛍
ほたる
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
螢 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshú, compiled some time after 759 CE.[1] Ultimate derivation unknown.

  • The initial ho element is almost certainly the ancient form of 火 (hi, “fire”), which appears as ho in compounds such as 炎 (honō, “flame”, originally from ho no ho) or 火屋 (hoya, “lamp chimney”).
  • Various theories exist regarding the taru portion. This may be from classical verb 垂る (taru, “to hang down, to droop”, in reference to a firefly's posterior; modern form 垂れる (tareru)), or a vowel shift from verb 照る (teru, “to shine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

蛍(ほたる) • (hotaru) 

  1. a firefly
    火(ほ)垂(た)るの墓(はか)
    Hotaru no Haka
    Grave of the Fireflies
Derived terms
  • 蛍(ほたる)烏賊(いか) (hotaruika)
  • 蛍(ほたる)石(いし) (hotaruishi, “fluorite”)
  • 蛍(ほたる)蛾(が) (hotaruga)
  • 蛍(ほたる)貝(がい) (hotarugai)
  • 蛍(ほたる)籠(かご) (hotarukago)
  • 蛍(ほたる)蔓(かずら) (hotarukazura)
  • 蛍(ほたる)合(がっ)戦(せん) (hotaru gassen)
  • 蛍(ほたる)狩(が)り (hotarugari)
  • 蛍(ほたる)草(ぐさ) (hotarugusa)
  • 蛍(ほたる)柴(さい)胡(こ) (hotarusaiko)
  • 蛍(ほたる)雑(じゃ)魚(こ) (hotarujako)
  • 蛍(ほたる)スイッチ (hotaru suitchi)
  • 蛍(ほたる)草(そう) (hotarusō)
  • 蛍(ほたる)族(ぞく) (hotaruzoku)
  • 蛍(ほたる)手(で) (hotarude)
  • 蛍(ほたる)火(び) (hotarubi)
  • 蛍(ほたる)袋(ぶくろ) (hotarubukuro)
  • 蛍(ほたる)船(ぶね) (hotarubune)

Proper noun

蛍(ほたる) • (Hotaru) 

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蛍
けい
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
螢 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 螢 (MC ɦweŋ, “firefly”).

Affix

蛍(けい) • (kei) 

  1. used in various compounds to refer to fluorescence

Proper noun

蛍(けい) • (Kei) 

  1. a female given name

References
  1. c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 13, poem 3344), text here
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

蛍 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)

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