蛍

Firefly

Also: Lightning-Bug

On'yomi

  • けい kei

Kun'yomi

  • ほたる hotaru
Stroke count
11
Radical
虫 insect · Kangxi radical 142
JLPT level
N1
School grade
Secondary school

蛍 has 11 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 虫 (insect), number 142. Hashidari places it at JLPT N1. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N1 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji