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Keyword
firefly
  • lightning-bug
Frequency
#2031
Strokes
11
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
557
Readings
ケイ50%
ほたる50%
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
蛍けい光こう灯とう
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
Noun
蛍けい光こう
fluorescence
Noun
蛍ほたる
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
Noun
蛍烏賊ほたるいか
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid
Noun
蛍ほたる火び
glow of a firefly; nearly extinguished fire; embers
Noun
源げん氏じ蛍ぼたる
Genji firefly (Nipponoluciola cruciata)
Noun
海うみ蛍ほたる
sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp
Noun
平へい家け蛍ぼたる
Aquatica lateralis (firefly species)
Noun
蛍けい雪せつ
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
Noun
姫ひめ蛍ぼたる
Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)
Noun