漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
輝: radiance, shine
Also: sparkle, gleam, twinkle
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
光 carries the meaning · 軍 gives the sound
15 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 輝度きどbrightness; luminance
- 光輝こうきbrightness; splendour; splendor
かがやくkagayaku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 輝きかがやきbrightness; brilliance; brilliancy
- 輝くかがやくto shine; to sparkle; to twinkle
- 輝かしいかがやかしいbrilliant; glorious; glittering
- 輝かすかがやかすto light up; to brighten
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look down on the world's first machines! This character shows the wheels and the frame of an ancient wagon.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
光
Also built on ray (光)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side輝 radiance · 光
vs暉 shine · 日In ChineseSimplified 辉 · traditional, as in Japanese · huī
Japan keeps the traditional form 輝; mainland China simplifies it to 辉.
- Simplified
- 辉 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 輝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huī 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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