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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

晃: clear

JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 光 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 晃々こうこうbrilliant; bright; dazzling
  • 晃曜こうようdazzling brightness
  • 晃朗こうろうbright and brilliant

Also read あきらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

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光

Also built on ray (光)

Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
晃 clear · 日
vs洸 sparkling water · 氵
晃 has 日 where 洸 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · huǎng

Same form: 晃 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
晃 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
晃 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin huǎng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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