萤

See also: 螢, 熒, and 荧

萤 U+8424, 萤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8424 ← 萣 [U+8423] CJK Unified Ideographs 营 → [U+8425]

Translingual

Traditional	螢
Shinjitai	蛍
Simplified	萤

Han character

萤 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿月中戈 (TBLI), composition ⿱𫇦虫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1042, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3241, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8424

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 螢 (炏 → 艹).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 萤 – see 螢 (“firefly”). (This character is the simplified form of 螢).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.