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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

耀: shine, sparkle

Also: gleam, twinkle

JLPT N120 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

光 and 翟 are drawn in

20 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 栄耀えいようluxury; splendour; splendor
  • 宣耀殿せんようでんladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)

かがやくkagayaku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 耀きかがやきbrightness; brilliance; brilliancy

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

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Spread your wings and fly! This radical represents the lightness of birds, the incredible speed of flight, and the delicate beauty of a single feather.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
光

Also built on ray (光)

翟

Also built on 翟

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
耀 shine · 光
vs燿 shine · 火
耀 has 光 where 燿 has 火.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yào

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

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

Pinyin yào 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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