Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle
Kun:
かがや.く
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui1
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

8 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset
Parts:
night, evening
Kun:
よる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 夜 【ヤ】 counter for nights
  • 夜間 【ヤカン】 night, nighttime
  • 同夜 【ドウヤ】 the same night, that night
  • 通夜 【ツヤ】 all-night vigil over a body, wake

Kun reading compounds

  • 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
  • 夜明け 【よあけ】 dawn, daybreak
  • 毎夜 【まいよ】 every evening, every night
  • 短夜 【みじかよ】 short summer night
  • 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
  • 夜ご飯 【よるごはん】 dinner, evening meal
  • 御寝 【およる】 sleep, rest
  • 銀河鉄道の夜 【ぎんがてつどうのよる】 Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye4
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • noche
  • tarde

Portuguese

  • noite
  • à noite

French

  • nuit
  • soirée
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
232 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
212 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
258 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
298 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
336 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
150 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
766 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
471 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
479 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
93 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
406 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2550 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1301 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1770 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1046 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5763 Morohashi
2056 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1129 New Nelson (John Haig)
1037 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1115 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
318 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
169 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
467 2001 Kanji
2j6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
3-4-4 SKIP code
3-3-5 SKIP code
0024.7 Four corner code
1-44-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
591c Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
Variants:
princess
Kun:
ひめひめ-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1566 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 舞姫 【マイヒメ】 female dancer, dancing girl, danseuse
  • 寵姫 【チョウキ】 one's favorite mistress, one's favourite mistress

Kun reading compounds

  • 姫 【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small, cute, lesser (in names of species), prostitute
  • 姫君 【ひめぎみ】 daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
  • 歌姫 【うたひめ】 songstress, diva
  • 舞姫 【まいひめ】 female dancer, dancing girl, danseuse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • princesa

Portuguese

  • princesa

French

  • princesse
1738 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1534 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1216 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1220 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1191 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1358 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1757 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1882 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1868 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
445 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
489 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
303 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
368 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
857 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6229 Morohashi
407 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1217 New Nelson (John Haig)
849 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
912 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1320 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1775 2001 Kanji
3e7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
4141.7 Four corner code
1-41-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59eb Unicode hex code