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firefly; glow-worm

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

insect

Components 艹冖虫

firefly · Heisig RSH #2123

greenhouse + 虫 insect

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
萤幕保护程式	yíng mù bǎo hù chéng shì	screensaver (Tw)
萤幕保护装置	yíng mù bǎo hù zhuāng zhì	screensaver (Tw)
萤光绿	yíng guāng lǜ	bright green; chartreuse
萤火虫	yíng huǒ chóng	firefly; glowworm; lightning bug
萤光灯	yíng guāng dēng	Taiwan variant of 熒光燈\|荧光灯[ying2 guang1 deng1]
触控式萤幕	chù kòng shì yíng mù	touchscreen
萤光棒	yíng guāng bàng	Taiwan variant of 熒光棒\|荧光棒[ying2 guang1 bang4]
萤光幕	yíng guāng mù	see 螢幕\|萤幕[ying2 mu4]
聚萤映雪	jù yíng yìng xuě	lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from im…
萤石	yíng shí	fluorite CaF2; fluorspar; fluor
萤光	yíng guāng	Taiwan variant of 熒光\|荧光[ying2 guang1]
萤火	yíng huǒ	light of firefly; fairy light
流萤	liú yíng	firefly
触控萤幕	chù kòng yíng mù	touchscreen; touch panel
萤幕	yíng mù	(Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc)
萤焰	yíng yàn	light of firefly; firefly
崔萤	Cuī Yíng	Choi Yeong (1316-1388), general of Korean Goryeo dynasty