1. 萤

萤

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Meta:

  1. 萤 is the 3428th most frequent character.
  2. 萤 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 萤 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 萤 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
萤 => 艹, No glyph available
Radical :
萤 => 艹 (grass), 冖 (cover), 虫 (insect)
Graphical :
萤 => 艹, 冖, 口, 丨, 𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ying2 - firefly/glow-worm

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

萤火 (螢火)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)

Medium Frequency

流萤 (流螢)
萤幕 (螢幕)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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