Readings

Kana: ケイ、ほたる
Romaji: kei, hotaru
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

firefly

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-8-8
Korean Reading:  hyeong
Chinese Reading:  ying2
Unicode:  87a2
JIS:  6A25

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2813
Nelson Index: 4176
New Nelson Index: 5365
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3n8.2
Four Corner Index: 9913.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33434
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0074
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3489
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 971

Words

(ほたる、ホタル)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
蛍光ペン (けいこうペン)
highlighter; highlighter pen
蛍石 (ほたるいし、けいせき)
fluorite; fluorspar
螢火 (けいか、ほたるび)
light of a firefly
蛍光 (けいこう)
fluorescence
蛍光灯 (けいこうとう)
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
蛍雪 (けいせつ)
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
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