Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
Variants:
lightning-bug, firefly
Kun:
ほたる
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蛍光灯 【ケイコウトウ】 fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light, person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake
  • 蛍光 【ケイコウ】 fluorescence
  • 流蛍 【リュウケイ】 flying firefly

Kun reading compounds

  • 蛍 【ほたる】 firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm
  • 蛍藺 【ほたるい】 Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
  • 海蛍 【うみほたる】 sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • luciérnaga

Portuguese

  • pirilampo
  • vaga-lume

French

  • ver luisant
  • luciole
1200 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1925 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1717 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1878 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2043 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1676 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1607 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3204 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
524 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32983 Morohashi
2591 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5302 New Nelson (John Haig)
518 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
557 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1482 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3n8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
9013.6 Four corner code
3213.6 Four corner code
1-23-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86cd Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
Variants:
sack, bag, pouch
Kun:
ふくろ
On:
タイダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1125 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 袋 【タイ】 counter for things inside a bag
  • 袋果 【タイカ】 follicle
  • 頸袋 【ケイタイ】 dewlap
  • 製袋 【セイタイ】 bag manufacturing

Kun reading compounds

  • 袋 【ふくろ】 bag, sack, pouch, skin of an orange (and other like fruits), dead end, plot of land surrounded by water
  • 袋小路 【ふくろこうじ】 blind alley, cul-de-sac, dead end street, deadlock, impasse, dead end
  • 空気袋 【くうきぶくろ】 air sac, bladder, air bag, windbag

Readings

Japanese names:
てい、 ない、 ぶく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • saco
  • bolsa

Portuguese

  • sacola
  • bolsa
  • saco

French

  • sac
  • sacoche
  • mère
1546 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
703 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4223 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
926 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
880 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1750 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1329 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1412 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
685 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1623 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3201 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1655 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1015 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34171 Morohashi
2588 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5443 New Nelson (John Haig)
1006 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1081 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1484 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2165 2001 Kanji
5e5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2373.2 Four corner code
1-34-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
888b Unicode hex code