蛍
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Translingual edit
Traditional | 螢 |
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Shinjitai | 蛍 |
Simplified | 萤 |
Han character edit
蛍 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月中一戈 (FBLMI), composition ⿱𰃮虫)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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 edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 蛍 – see 螢 (“firefly”). (This character is a variant form of 螢). |
Japanese edit
蛍 | |
螢 |
Glyph origin edit
Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 螢 (𤇾 → 𰃮).
Kanji edit
蛍
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 螢)
Readings edit
- Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)←ぎやう (gyau, historical)
- Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)
- Kun: ほたる (hotaru, 蛍, Jōyō)
Compounds edit
- 蛍火 (keika)
- 蛍光 (keikō, “fluorescence”)
- 蛍光灯 (keikōtō, “fluorescent lamp”)
- 蛍光染料 (keikō senryō, “fluorescent dye”)
- 蛍雪 (keisetsu)
- 蛍窓 (keisō)
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term |
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蛍 |
ほたる Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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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 edit
Noun edit
- a firefly
- 火垂るの墓
- Hotaru no Haka
- Grave of the Fireflies
- 1991 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “魔法の粉の巻”, in [虹色とうがらし](NIJI-IRO TOHGARASHI), volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:
- しってるか、ホタルってのは虫だぞ。
- Shitteru ka, hotaru tte no wa mushi da zo.
- Did you not know fireflies were insects too?
- しってるか、ホタルってのは虫だぞ。
- 火垂るの墓
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
- a female given name
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term |
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蛍 |
けい Grade: S |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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螢 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 螢 (MC hweng, “firefly”).
Affix edit
- used in various compounds to refer to fluorescence
Proper noun edit
- a female given name
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
蛍 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)
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