| 72 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 417 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 217 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 281 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 138 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 138 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 464 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3043 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1550 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2121 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 120 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1350 | Morohashi |
| 2391 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 349 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 119 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 125 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 345 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 121 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 光学 【コウガク】 optics
- 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
- 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
- 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence
Kun reading compounds
- 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
- 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
- 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
- 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
- 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
- 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- rayo
- luz
- paisaje
- honor
- brillar
- brillo
Portuguese
- raio
- luz
French
- rayon
- lumière
| 1057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 9021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5149 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1334 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 岳人 【ガクジン】 alpinist, mountaineer
- 岳神 【ガクジン】 mountain god
- 富岳 【フガク】 Mount Fuji
Kun reading compounds
- 岳 【たけ】 peak, mountain
- 岳烏 【だけがらす】 spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
- 御嶽 【みたけ】 large, high mountain
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おか、 たか、 たけん
- Korean:
- ag
Spanish
- montaña alta
- pico
Portuguese
- ponto
- pico
- montanha
French
- pointe
- pic
- montagne
| 1082 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1091 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 208 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1772 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1238 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 956 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1358 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1442 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1851 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 537 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3164 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1627 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2213 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1342 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8001 | Morohashi |
| 2557 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1457 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1330 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1428 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1167 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2676 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 7277.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5cb3 | Unicode hex code |