蛍

蛍 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lightning bug”. It is built from 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 557.

Keyword: lightning bug
RTK frame: 557
Strokes: 11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ほたる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: lightning-bug, молниеносный жук
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 蛍 glow-worm

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

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虫 insect

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