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荧

yíng

glimmer

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

Components
𤇾 iconic,simplified component

𤇾  Iconic Simplified component

yìng

  

glimmer

Depicts two torches crossing each other.

火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

荧 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
荧 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
荧 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 荧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荧光

fluorescence

荧屏

TV screen

荧幕

TV screen

荧光灯

neon lamp

荧

a glimmer

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

营

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

营

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

9

Traditional

熒

Unicode

U+8367


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