萤 — Chinese character
萤
yíng
firefly, glow-worm
- Pinyin
- yíng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 艹 冖 虫
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫
- Traditional
- 螢
Common words with 萤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萤幕 (螢幕) | yíng mù | (Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc) |
| 萤火虫 (螢火蟲) | yíng huǒ chóng | firefly; glowworm |
| 萤光 (螢光) | yíng guāng | Taiwan variant of 荧光 (yíng guāng) |
| 萤石 (螢石) | yíng shí | fluorite CaF2; fluorspar |
| 萤火 (螢火) | yíng huǒ | light of firefly; fairy light |
| 萤光幕 (螢光幕) | yíng guāng mù | see 萤幕 (yíng mù) |
| 萤光灯 (螢光燈) | yíng guāng dēng | Taiwan variant of 荧光灯 (yíng guāng dēng) |
| 流萤 (流螢) | liú yíng | firefly |
| 聚萤映雪 (聚螢映雪) | jù yíng yìng xuě | lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background; burning the midnight oil |
| 萤光棒 (螢光棒) | yíng guāng bàng | Taiwan variant of 荧光棒 (yíng guāng bàng) |
| 萤光绿 (螢光綠) | yíng guāng lǜ | bright green; chartreuse |
| 萤焰 (螢焰) | yíng yàn | light of firefly; firefly |
English words written with 萤
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.