荧 meaning and stroke order
To shine, to shimmer; shining, dazzling
How to write 荧, stroke by stroke
9 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 荧
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- a glimmer
- glimmering
- twinkling
- fluorescence
- phosphorescence
- perplexed
How 荧 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Fire.
火 gives the meaning.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 荧
Picture a small fire 火 (huǒ) under a cover 冖 with grass 艹 on top, glowing faintly through the leaves. That soft, flickering light is 荧 (yíng), a shimmer or glimmer.
荧 is rarely used alone today. It mostly appears in words about faint or artificial light, like 荧光 (yíngguāng) fluorescence and 荧幕 (yíngmù) screen. Example: 这支荧光笔很好用。(Zhè zhī yíngguāng bǐ hěn hǎo yòng.) This highlighter works well.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 荧 with 莹 (yíng, jade-like luster) and 萤 (yíng, firefly), which share the same top and the same sound. Remember that 荧 has 火 at the bottom because it is about light and glow, while 萤 has 虫 because a firefly is an insect.
Common words with 荧
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
荧 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 荧
How many strokes are in 荧?
荧 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 荧 mean?
荧 (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 荧?
荧 is pronounced yíng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 荧?
The radical of 荧 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 荧 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 荧?
The traditional form of 荧 is 熒. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 荧 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 荧 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 荧 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 荧光 and 萤光?
荧光 (yíngguāng) is the standard word for fluorescence and fluorescent light, as in 荧光灯 (yíngguāngdēng) fluorescent lamp. 萤光 refers to the light of fireflies and is much less common, so for highlighters and lamps use 荧光.
Is 荧幕 the same as 屏幕?
Both can mean a screen. 屏幕 (píngmù) is the everyday word in mainland China for phone, computer and TV screens. 荧幕 (yíngmù) is more common in Taiwan and in writing about TV or film.