Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: lightning-bug, firefly

Kunyomi: ほたる

Onyomi: ケイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Onyomi Examples

光灯 ケイコウトウ fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light, person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake

ケイコウ fluorescence

Kunyomi Examples

ほたる firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm

ほたるい Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)

うみほたる sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp