蛍

蛍 — lightning-bug, firefly

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #2031 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: けい kei
Kun'yomi: ほたる hotaru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 蛍

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

蛍光灯けいこうとう fluorescent lamp JLPT N2