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Kanji Detail for 螢 - "firefly"
螢
- Meaning
螢 means "firefly."
Firefly - An insect of the family Lampyridae that emits a bluish-white glow from its abdomen.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
firefly
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
glowworm, luminous insect
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
firefly; glow-worm
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
firefly, glow-worm
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An insect name. In summer months, lives near water. Three to four fen long. Can fly. At night the abdomen emits phosphorescent light. Males have especially large light.
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