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Translingual
Han character
螢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火月中戈 (FFBLI), four-corner 99136, composition ⿱𤇾虫)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 45
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33434
- Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 6
- Unihan data for U+87A2
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 鶯
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*qreːŋ
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| 罃
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*qreːŋ
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| 嫈
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*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
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| 褮
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*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
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| 覮
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*pqʰʷeːŋ
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| 謍
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*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
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| 䁝
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*qʷraːŋʔ
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| 嶸
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*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
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| 嵤
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*ɢʷreːŋ
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| 榮
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*ɢʷreŋ
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| 瑩
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*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
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| 蠑
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*ɢʷreŋ
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| 禜
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*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
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| 醟
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*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
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| 檾
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*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
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| 煢
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*ɡʷeŋ
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| 焭
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*ɡʷeŋ
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| 縈
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*qʷeŋ
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| 營
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*ɢʷeŋ
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| 鎣
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*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
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| 塋
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*ɢʷeŋ
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| 濴
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*ɢʷeŋ
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| 熒
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*ɡʷeːŋ
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| 螢
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*ɡʷeːŋ
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| 滎
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*ɡʷeːŋ
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| 濙
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*qʷeːŋʔ
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| 瀅
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*qʷeːŋs
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Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ, “luminous, fluorescent; to shine, to shimmer, to dazzle”)?”
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From 虫 "worm", 熒 "fluorescent" sound, indicating fireflies.
Pronunciation
Note:
- êng - literary;
- iâⁿ - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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螢
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yíng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hweng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-qʷˁeŋ/
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| English
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glow-worm
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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螢
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15387
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Phonetic
component
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熒
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Rime
group
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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熒
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷeːŋ/
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Definitions
螢
- firefly
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
螢
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛍)
- firefly
Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 螢 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 螢, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 螢 (MC hweng). Recorded as Middle Korean 혀ᇰ (hyeng) (Yale: hyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
螢 (eumhun 반딧불이 형 (banditburi hyeong))
- hanja form? of 형 (“glow-worm; luminous insect”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 형광 (螢光, hyeonggwang)
- 형설 (螢雪, hyeongseol)
- 형석 (螢石, hyeongseok)
- 형과 (螢科, hyeonggwa)
- 형창 (螢窓, hyeongchang)
- 형학 (螢學, hyeonghak)
- 형화 (螢火, hyeonghwa)
- 형광등 (螢光燈, hyeonggwangdeung)
- 형광체 (螢光體, hyeonggwangche)
- 형광판 (螢光板, hyeonggwangpan)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
螢: Hán Nôm readings: huỳnh
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