Chinese symbol for “firefly”
萤火虫
yíng huǒ chóng
Traditional: 螢火蟲
firefly; glowworm; lightning bug
The closest CC-CEDICT match for firefly is 萤火虫 (yíng huǒ chóng), defined as: firefly; glowworm; lightning bug.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “firefly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萤 (螢) | yíng | firefly; glow-worm |
| 流萤 (流螢) | liú yíng | firefly |
| 蚈 | qiān | (arch.) firefly |
| 萤焰 (螢焰) | yíng yàn | light of firefly; firefly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 萤火虫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萤幕 (螢幕) | yíng mù | (Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc) |
| 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) |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 火车站 (火車站) | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “firefly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.