螢
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yíng · firefly, glow-worm

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Learn every stroke in 螢

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

16Total strokes

Count each continuous pen movement once, including turns and hooks.

Top-bottomCharacter structure

Keep the upper section balanced above the lower section.

虫Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 螢

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Example sentences

Notice where 螢 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ gèng xǐ huān yíng mù dà de shǒu jī.我更喜歡螢幕大的手機。

I prefer a phone with a large screen.

Source: Tatoeba #13190500 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ kàn dé jiàn wǒ dǎ zài yíng mù shàng de zì, què kàn bú dào wǒ diào zài jiàn pán shàng de lèi.你看得見我打在螢幕上的字,卻看不到我掉在鍵盤上的淚。

You see the words that I typed on the screen, but you don't see the tears that I shed over the keyboard.

Source: Tatoeba #838454 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè gè yóu xì de mùdì shì yǐn bào yíng mù shàng suǒ yǒu de zhà dàn.這個遊戲的目的是引爆螢幕上所有的炸彈。

The aim of this game is to explode all the bombs on the screen.

Source: Tatoeba #458693 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yíng mù shǎn zhù lǜ sè de guāng.螢幕閃著綠色的光。

The screen is giving off green light.

Source: Tatoeba #3763620 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shì zhī yíng huǒ chóng.是隻螢火蟲。

It's a firefly.

Source: Tatoeba #12872713 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rú xū gèng duō yíng mù kōng jiàn, kě yǐ guān bì cè biān lán.如需更多螢幕空間,可以關閉側邊欄。

If you need more room on the screen, you can toggle the sidebar off.

Source: Tatoeba #13918245 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 螢 in context

  1. Say yíng, then recall the core meaning: firefly, glow-worm.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 螢 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.