Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
sparkle, clear, crystal
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1613 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 晶化 【ショウカ】 crystallization, crystallisation
  • 晶光 【ショウコウ】 brilliant light
  • 水晶 【スイショウ】 (rock) crystal, high purity quartz
  • 骸晶 【ガイショウ】 hopper crystal, skeleton crystal

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あき、 あきら、 ひかり、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • destello
  • brillo
  • cristalización

Portuguese

  • faísca
  • claro
  • cristalino

French

  • étinceler
  • cristal
  • clair
1403 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1698 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2137 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1582 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1408 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1740 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1645 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1758 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1808 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
977 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3122 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1601 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
22 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14000 Morohashi
2474 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2482 New Nelson (John Haig)
22 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
22 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1546 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
6066.0 Four corner code
1-30-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6676 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
Variants:
ray, light
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • rayo
  • luz
  • paisaje
  • honor
  • brillar
  • brillo

Portuguese

  • raio
  • luz

French

  • rayon
  • lumière
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)
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