螢

See also: 萤 and 蛍

螢	U+87A2, 螢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A2

← 螡
[U+87A1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螣 →
[U+87A3]

Translingual

Traditional	螢
Shinjitai	蛍
Simplified	萤

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

𪦱, 𢤨, 㶈, 𤫁, 𥌴

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

trad.		螢
simp.		萤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
鶯	*qreːŋ
罃	*qreːŋ
嫈	qreːŋ, qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮	qreːŋ, qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮	*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍	qʰʷreːŋ, qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝	*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸	ɢʷreːŋ, ɢʷreŋ
嵤	*ɢʷreːŋ
榮	*ɢʷreŋ
瑩	ɢʷreŋ, qʷeːŋs
蠑	*ɢʷreŋ
禜	ɢʷreŋ, ɢʷreŋs
醟	ɢʷreŋs, qʰʷeŋs
檾	kʰʷeŋʔ, kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢	*ɡʷeŋ
焭	*ɡʷeŋ
縈	*qʷeŋ
營	*ɢʷeŋ
鎣	ɢʷeŋ, qʷeːŋs
塋	*ɢʷeŋ
濴	*ɢʷeŋ
熒	*ɡʷeːŋ
螢	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Etymology

From 虫 "worm", 熒 "fluorescent" sound, indicating fireflies.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jing⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yen³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yìn

(Meixian, Guangdong): yin²
Eastern Min (BUC): ìng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): êng / iâⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
  - Wade–Giles: ying²
  - Yale: yíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
  - Palladius: ин (in)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jing⁴
  - Yale: yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: in^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin²
  - Sinological IPA: /in¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yin²
  - Sinological IPA: /in¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
  - Tâi-lô: îng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: iânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: viaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iã²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iã¹³/

Note:

êng - literary;
iâⁿ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: iong⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 螢
Mandarin	Beijing	/iŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/iŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/iŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/iŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/iŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/iŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/iŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/iə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/iŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ĩn⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/iŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/in²¹³/
	Chengdu	/yn³¹/
	Guiyang	/in²¹/
	Kunming	/ĩ³¹/
	Nanjing	/in²⁴/
	Hefei	/in⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/yŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ĩŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦioŋ²³/ /ɦiŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦin¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦin²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/joŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/yʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/iɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/yn¹³/ /ian¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/yn¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/yn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/in¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/in¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jeŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/jeŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/jiŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/iaŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ioŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zɔŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: hweng

Rime
Character	螢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (126)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸扃切
Baxter	hweng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣueŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣiweŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiweŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xióng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʷˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	螢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yíng
Middle Chinese	‹ hweng ›
Old Chinese	/*m-qʷˁeŋ/
English	glow-worm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.