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輝

輝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「光」+音符「軍」。「煇」の偏を入れ替えた異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キJHS
Kun (native)
  • かがや(く)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • あきら
  • さき
  • てる
  • ひ
  • ひかる
Other languages
  • 拼音hui1
  • 한글hwi
  • Hán-ViệtHuy

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
車(くるま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8F1D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰光軍

Words using this kanji

  • 輝きかがやきかがやきを参照。brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, radiance
  • 輝かしいかがやかしいかがやかしいを参照。brilliant, glorious, glittering, bright
  • 輝度きど発光体の単位面積の明るさ。カンデラ毎平方メートル（cd/m2）で表される。 テレビジョンなどにおいて、ブラウン管などの光点の明るさ。brightness, luminance
  • 輝くかがやく「かがやく」を参照。to shine, to sparkle, to twinkle, to glitter
  • 輝かすかがやかすto light up, to brighten
  • 輝石きせき鉄やカルシウム、マグネシウムなどを含む珪酸塩鉱物。pyroxene, augite
  • 輝線きせん原子のスペクトル中に現れる輝いた線。emission line
  • 輝々ききbrilliant (of light), shining
  • 輝点きてんlight spot (e.g. a blip on radar), luminous dot, always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD displays), stuck pixel
  • 輝板きばんtapetum, tapetum lucidum
  • 輝煌帝きこうていpoetic word for the sun
  • 輝安鉱きあんこうstibnite, antimonite
  • 輝銅鉱きどうこうvitreous copper, copper glance, chalcocite
  • 輝銀鉱きぎんこうargentite, silver glance
  • 輝緑岩きりょくがんdiabase, dolerite
  • 輝鉄鉱きてっこうspecular iron
  • 輝夜姫かぐやひめKaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari), Princess Kaguya, Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)
  • 輝き渡るかがやきわたるto shine out far and wide
  • 輝度信号きどしんごうluminance signal, Y signal
  • 輝水鉛鉱きすいえんこうmolybdenite

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(49 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-9
Four Corner
9725.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7c8.8
Heisig
324
Nelson
1371