荧 yíng to shine
to shine; to shimmer
怎么记住“荧”: 艹 grass + 冖 cover + 火 fire = to shine. Fireflies rise from the grass, and when Grandpa lifts the cover of his old lantern, its tiny fire joins them to shine in the dark.
部件结构
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
荧 = 𫇦 glow + 火 fire
- 𫇦 glow
- 艹 grass
- 冖 cover
- 火 fire
Fireflies rise from the grass, and when Grandpa lifts the cover of his old lantern, its tiny fire joins them to shine in the dark.
How it came to be
The full form began as two crossed torches for firelight, and a third fire was added below later.
用法
- Bound; a faint shimmer/glow: 荧光 (yíngguāng) fluorescence (荧光笔 highlighter pen).
- Also "screen": 荧屏 (yíngpíng) / 荧幕 (yíngmù) the TV or movie screen, a slightly literary media word.