荧 (yíng) is a Chinese character meaning “a faint shimmering light”. It is written from 艹 (grass / plant radical) and 冖 (cover) and 火 (fire), and takes 9 strokes.
Build the character for “faint glimmer; fluorescent”
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Structure
艹 + 冖 + 火
Top–middle–bottom structure
Structure from: modern-glyph decomposition checked against hanzi-writer-data stroke order (艹3 + 冖2 + 火4 = 9)
Memory aid
A fire (火) shut in under a cover (冖), with grass (艹) laid on top — the flame cannot blaze, it can only glimmer through. That faint shimmer is 荧.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
9 strokes
In real words
- 荧光yíng guāngfluorescence; fluorescent light荧 = yíng
- 荧屏yíng píngscreen (of a TV or monitor)荧 = yíng
Go deeper
All readings
faint glimmer; fluorescent
a faint shimmering light; fluorescent (as in fluorescence and display screens)
微弱的光亮；也用于「荧光」「荧屏」，指受激发出的光和显示屏幕。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 荧光yíng guāngfluorescence; fluorescent light荧 = yíng
- 荧屏yíng píngscreen (of a TV or monitor)荧 = yíng
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 荧 mean?
荧 (yíng) means a faint shimmering light; fluorescent (as in fluorescence and display screens).
How do you pronounce 荧?
It is pronounced yíng.
What parts is 荧 made of?
艹 (grass / plant radical) and 冖 (cover) and 火 (fire). The recorded source is: modern-glyph decomposition checked against hanzi-writer-data stroke order (艹3 + 冖2 + 火4 = 9). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 荧 have?
9. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 荧?
艹. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 荧?
Common ones are 荧光 and 荧屏. The reading of 荧 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.