Jisho

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瑠

14 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
刀 厶 王 田
Variants:
璢
lapis lazuli
On:
ル、 リュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2352 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瑠璃 【ルリ】 lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli (color), beryl, mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail), glass
  • 瑠璃色 【ルリイロ】 lapis lazuli blue, bright blue, azure

Readings

Japanese names:
るり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu2
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • lapislázuli

Portuguese

French

2965 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2165 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
726 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
972 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21143 Morohashi
1060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3673 New Nelson (John Haig)
2555 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1528 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
1716.2 Four corner code
1-46-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7460 Unicode hex code

璃

15 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
亠 凵 王 禹
glassy, lapis lazuli
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瑠璃 【ルリ】 lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli (color), beryl, mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail), glass
  • 浄瑠璃 【ジョウルリ】 jōruri, type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • lapislázuli
  • vidrioso

Portuguese

French

2967 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2473 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2166 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1606 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21196X Morohashi
1059 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3669 New Nelson (John Haig)
2048 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1606 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-11 SKIP code
1012.7 Four corner code
1-45-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7483 Unicode hex code

玻

9 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
又 王 皮
glass
On:
ハ

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玻璃 【ハリ】 quartz, glass
  • 玻璃器 【ハリキ】 glassware

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo1
Korean:
pa

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2931 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
20899 Morohashi
3628 New Nelson (John Haig)
4f5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
1414.7 Four corner code
1-64-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
73bb Unicode hex code

照

13 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
刀 口 日 杰
Variants:
曌 瞾
illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
Kun:
て.る、 て.らす、 て.れる
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1004 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 照射 【ショウシャ】 irradiation, radiation, beaming, exposure (to light), illumination
  • 照会 【ショウカイ】 inquiry, query, enquiry, referral (e.g. to a doctor or court), query (of a database)
  • 日照 【ニッショウ】 sunlight
  • 残照 【ザンショウ】 afterglow

Kun reading compounds

  • 照る 【てる】 to shine, to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
  • てるてる坊主 【てるてるぼうず】 paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
  • 照らす 【てらす】 to shine on, to illuminate, to compare (with), to refer to
  • 天照 【あまてらす】 Amaterasu, sun goddess who is the ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan
  • 照れる 【てれる】 to be shy, to be bashful, to feel awkward, to feel embarrassed

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 てる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhao4
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • iluminar
  • brillar
  • comparar
  • tener vergüenza

Portuguese

  • iluminar
  • brilhar
  • comparar
  • tímido

French

  • illuminer
  • briller
  • comparer
  • timide
433 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
541 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
510 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1072 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
675 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
719 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
998 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1035 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
868 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1281 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3506 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1809 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2461 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
172 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19226 Morohashi
2827 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3457 New Nelson (John Haig)
170 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
182 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
606 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3840 2001 Kanji
4d9.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
6733.6 Four corner code
1-30-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7167 Unicode hex code

光

6 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
一 儿 尚
Variants:
灮 炗
ray, light
Kun:
ひか.る、 ひかり
On:
コウ
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