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Firefly in Chinese / Japanese...

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Firefly / Glow Worm

 yíng
 hotaru
 
Firefly / Glow Worm Scroll

螢 is the Chinese, older Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja way to write firefly, lightning bug, or glow worm (Luciola cruciata).


蛍Note: After post WWII language reforms in Japan, they started using a more simple version of this Kanji. This version is shown to the right. If you want this modern Japanese version, please click on the Kanji to the right instead of the button above.

Firefly / Lightning Bug

 yíng huǒ chóng
Firefly / Lightning Bug Scroll

螢火蟲 is a very verbose Chinese title for a firefly, glowworm, or lightning bug.

The first character, 螢, means firefly or glow-worm by itself. This title adds the character for fire (火) and bug (蟲).


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your firefly search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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yíng
    ying2
ying
 hotaru
    ほたる

More info & calligraphy:

Firefly / Glow Worm
firefly; glow-worm
(out-dated kanji) (kana only) firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm; (surname, female given name) Hotaru
a firefly

螢火蟲


萤火虫

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yíng huǒ chóng
    ying2 huo3 chong2
ying huo ch`ung
    ying huo chung

More info & calligraphy:

Firefly / Lightning Bug
firefly; glowworm; lightning bug

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lín
    lin2
lin
firefly

see styles
qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
(arch.) firefly

see styles
yíng
    ying2
ying
 hotaru
    ほたる
Japanese variant of 螢|萤
(kana only) firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm; (female given name) Hotaru

姫蛍

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 himebotaru; himebotaru
    ひめぼたる; ヒメボタル
(kana only) Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

流蛍

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 ryuukei / ryuke
    りゅうけい
(form) flying firefly; (given name) Ryūkei

流螢


流萤

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liú yíng
    liu2 ying2
liu ying
firefly

海蛍

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 umihotaru; umihotaru
    うみほたる; ウミホタル
(kana only) sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp

蛍族

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 hotaruzoku
    ほたるぞく
smokers forced to smoke outside; firefly tribe

蛍火

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 keiho / keho
    けいほ
light of a firefly; (female given name) Keiho

蛍雪

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 keisetsu / kesetsu
    けいせつ
diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

螢火


萤火

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yíng huǒ
    ying2 huo3
ying huo
 hotarubi
    ほたるび
    keika / keka
    けいか
light of firefly; fairy light
light of a firefly

螢焰


萤焰

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yíng yàn
    ying2 yan4
ying yen
light of firefly; firefly

螢雪

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 keisetsu / kesetsu
    けいせつ
diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

金蛍

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 kinbotaru
    きんぼたる
Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

蛍烏賊

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 hotaruika; hotaruika
    ほたるいか; ホタルイカ
(kana only) firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

蛍狩り

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 hotarugari
    ほたるがり
firefly catching

ホタル族

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 hotaruzoku
    ホタルぞく
smokers forced to smoke outside; firefly tribe

金ボタル

see styles
 kinbotaru
    きんボタル
Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

ウミホタル

see styles
 umihotaru
    ウミホタル
(kana only) sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp

キンボタル

see styles
 kinbotaru
    キンボタル
Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

ヒメボタル

see styles
 himebotaru
    ヒメボタル
(kana only) Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

ホタルイカ

see styles
 hotaruika
    ホタルイカ
(kana only) firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

Variations:
蛍雪
螢雪

see styles
 keisetsu / kesetsu
    けいせつ
diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

Variations:
螢火
蛍火

see styles
 keika; hotarubi / keka; hotarubi
    けいか; ほたるび
light of a firefly

Variations:
ホタル族
蛍族

see styles
 hotaruzoku
    ほたるぞく
smokers forced to smoke outside; firefly tribe

Variations:
蛍族
ホタル族

see styles
 hotaruzoku(蛍族); hotaruzoku(hotaru族)
    ほたるぞく(蛍族); ホタルぞく(ホタル族)
smokers forced to smoke outside; firefly tribe

Variations:
金ボタル
金蛍

see styles
 kinbotaru(金botaru); kinbotaru(金蛍); kinbotaru
    きんボタル(金ボタル); きんぼたる(金蛍); キンボタル
(See 姫蛍) Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

Variations:
蛍火
螢火(oK)

see styles
 hotarubi; keika / hotarubi; keka
    ほたるび; けいか
(1) glow of a firefly; (2) nearly extinguished fire; embers

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Firefly
Glow Worm

hotaruyíng / ying2 / ying
Firefly
Lightning Bug
螢火蟲
萤火虫
yíng huǒ chóng
ying2 huo3 chong2
ying huo chong
yinghuochong
ying huo ch`ung
yinghuochung
ying huo chung
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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