熒 meaning and stroke order
To shine, to shimmer; shining, dazzling
How to write 熒, stroke by stroke
14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 熒
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- a glimmer
- glimmering
- twinkling
- fluorescence
- phosphorescence
- perplexed
How 熒 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Fire.
火 gives the meaning.
Radical: 火 (fire), shared by 128 characters on this site.
How to remember 熒
熒 has fire 火 everywhere: two small fires 炏 on top, a cover 冖 in the middle, and another 火 at the bottom. Picture flames glowing under a lid, giving off a soft shimmering light.
熒 is the traditional form, and today it mostly appears in words about glowing light, such as 熒光 (yíngguāng, fluorescence) and 熒幕 (yíngmù, screen). In mainland China these are written 荧光 and 荧幕. Example: 這支筆有熒光。(Zhè zhī bǐ yǒu yíngguāng.) This pen is fluorescent.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 熒 with 螢 (yíng, firefly) and 營 (yíng, camp), which share the same top 炏 and 冖 and the same sound. Check the bottom part: 火 for glowing light, 虫 for the insect, 呂 for camp.
Common words with 熒
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 熒
How many strokes are in 熒?
熒 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 熒 mean?
熒 (yíng) means to shine, to shimmer; shining, dazzling. A common word with it is 荧光 (yíngguāng), meaning "fluorescence; fluorescent light".
How do you pronounce 熒?
熒 is pronounced yíng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 熒?
The radical of 熒 is 火, which carries the idea of "fire". Dictionaries list 熒 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 熒?
熒 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 荧, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 熒光 the same as 螢光?
Both are read yíngguāng and are used for fluorescence in traditional Chinese writing. 熒光 focuses on glowing light, while 螢光 is built on 螢, the firefly. Simplified Chinese uses 荧光 for this meaning.
How is 熒 used to mean perplexed?
The sense of being dazzled extends to being confused, as if your eyes are blinded by light. This meaning appears mainly in classical or literary Chinese, not in everyday speech.