| 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 N2
953 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 跡 【セキ】 trace
- 史跡 【シセキ】 historic landmark, historic site, historic remains
- 軌跡 【キセキ】 tire track, traces of a person or thing, path one has taken, locus
Kun reading compounds
- 跡 【あと】 trace, tracks, mark, sign, site, remains, ruins, scar
- 後始末 【あとしまつ】 settlement (of a matter), sorting out, winding up (affairs), dealing with the aftermath, cleaning up afterwards, tidying up (when finished)
- 焼け跡 【やけあと】 ruins of a fire, fire-devastated area
- 後々 【あとあと】 future, distant future
Readings
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- marca
- huella
- señal
- ruinas
Portuguese
- trilhas
- marca
- impressão
French
- traces
- marques
- vestiges
- empreinte
| 1485 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 931 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4560 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1502 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1792 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1926 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1569 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1673 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1587 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1761 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1937 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1032 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1395 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1762 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 37493 | Morohashi |
| 1534 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5875 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1746 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1883 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1671 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3741 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7d6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-6 | SKIP code |
| 6013.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8de1 | Unicode hex code |