Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #2031

lightning-bug, firefly

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

insect mushi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
fluorescence
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)
fluorescence microscope
fluorescent dye; fluorescent pigment
fluorescent dye
fluorescent whitening agent; fluorescent brightener
flying firefly
Pidorus glaucopis (species of moth)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug
fluorescent ink
sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp
empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
dayflower
Auld Lang Syne
green fluorescent protein; GFP
highlighter (pen)
Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)

Example sentences

This fluorescent lamp is starting to flicker. We'll have to replace it.

I must replace that fluorescent lamp.

There used to be lots of fireflies around here.