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
1259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 輝度 【キド】 brightness, luminance
- 輝安鉱 【キアンコウ】 stibnite (mineral), antimonite
- 光輝 【コウキ】 brightness, splendour, splendor
- 輝々 【キキ】 brilliant (of light), shining
Kun reading compounds
- 輝く 【かがやく】 to shine, to sparkle, to twinkle, to glitter, to glisten, to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.), to beam, to gleam, to glow
- 輝く女性 【かがやくじょせい】 women who excel, women in prominent positions
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 さき、 てる、 ひ、 ひかる
- Korean:
- hwi
Spanish
- resplandor
- destello
- centelleo
- resplandecer
- destellar
- centellear
Portuguese
- brilho
- luzir
- centelha
- faiscar
- piscar
French
- étincelant
- étincelle
- briller
- scintiller
1132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1205 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1371 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1264 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1800 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2499 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1653 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1767 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
777 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1779 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1775 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
947 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1280 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
308 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38372 | Morohashi |
1402 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5972 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
302 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
324 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1807 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1055 | 2001 Kanji |
7c8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-9 | SKIP code |
9725.6 | Four corner code |
1-21-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8f1d | Unicode hex code |