firefly / glow-worm

螢 character breakdown

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a cooking top. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a cooking top (冖) instead.
old variant of 炎[yan2]
variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

= + : Chantal Chicken and a mosquito are taking part in a dart contest just inside the engine's kitchen. The dart board is hanging in the middle of the entrance, and Chantal and the mosquito are standing to the sides. Over each of them a large fake nose is hovering: the loser will be covered in grey goose as punishment.

Characters with 螢 as component

螢 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 螢

firefly / glowworm / lightning bug
light of firefly / fairy light
fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor
Taiwan variant of 熒光|荧光[ying2 guang1]
Taiwan variant of 熒光燈|荧光灯[ying2 guang1 deng1]
bright green / chartreuse
screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw)
light of firefly / firefly
bright green; chartreuse
Choi Yeong (1316-1388), general of Korean Goryeo dynasty
lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil

Sentences with 螢

螢 currently does not appear in any sentence.