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輝

JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #1259

Meanings

Radiance, Shine, Sparkle, Gleam, Twinkle

Radicals

車

Decomposition

⿰光軍

Etymology

Pictophonetic: light

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 diagonal right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 diagonal bottom-to-top

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot right-to-left

8 corner right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

13 horizontal bottom-to-top

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

15 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キ ki

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かがや kagaya

Words Using This Kanji

44 words total

Other (20 words)

brightness

to light up

brightness

brilliant

emission line

pyroxene

brightness

to shine

to shine clearly

to shine out far and wide

輝々きき

brilliant (of light)

高輝度こうきど

high luminance (used to describe bold-face text on display screen)

to shine brilliantly

stibnite

vitreous copper

Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is

輝石安山岩きせきあんざんがん

pyroxene andesite

輝度信号きどしんごう

luminance signal

輝点きてん

light spot (e.g. a blip on radar)

輝くかがやく

to shine

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