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熒

yíng

glimmer

Depicts the glimmering fire light (火) from two torches crossing each other (𤇾).

Components
𤇾 iconic component

𤇾  Iconic component

yìng

  

glimmer

Depicts two torches crossing each other.

火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

熒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
熒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
熒 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
熒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

荧 (熒) 

yíng

shine, shimmer; shining, dazzling; a glimmer; glimmering; twinkling; fluorescence; phosphorescence; perplexed; dazzled and confused; planet Mars (arch.)

Most common words with 熒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荧光

fluorescence

荧屏

TV screen

荧幕

TV screen

荧光灯

neon lamp

荧

a glimmer

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[N]-qʷˤeŋ

hweng

yíng

dazzle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.9542% of movies

3014th most common character in movies

3400th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

荧

Unicode

U+7192

Shuowen

“熒，屋下燈燭之光。从焱、冂。”


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