懂中文 Dong Chinese

螢

yíng

glow-worm

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.

Components
𤇾 sound,meaning component

𤇾  Sound Meaning component

yìng

  

glimmer

虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

Evolution

螢 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
螢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

萤 (螢) 

yíng

glow-worm, luminous insect; firefly; glow-worm

Most common words with 螢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

萤火虫

firefly

萤

firefly

萤火

fairy light

萤石

fluorite CaF2

流萤

firefly