螢

16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

firefly

Kun'yomi
  • ほたる
    		firefly (Luciola cruciata)
On'yomi
  • ケイ

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ほたる 100.0%

Character Breakdown

firefly
ほたる　ケイ (Kentei 1)
fire
ひ　カ　ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 87A2
JIS X 0208 1-74-5
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4176
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5365
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2813
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3489
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 33434
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3n8.2
Four corner code 9913.6
De Roo Code 971