光 — kanji meaning “ray”
光
ray, light
- Meanings
- ray, light
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- ひか.る、ひかり
- Name readings
- あき、あきら、こお、てる、ひこ、み
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #527 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 10
- Chinese reading
- guāng — Chinese character page
Words with 光
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 観光 | かんこう kankou | sightseeing; tourism |
| 光景 | こうけい koukei | scene; spectacle; sight |
| 日光 | にっこう nikkou | sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams |
| 栄光 | えいこう eikou | glory |
| 光線 | こうせん kousen | ray (of light); beam; light |
| 光る | ひかる hikaru | to shine; to glitter; to be bright |
| 月光 | げっこう gekkou | moonlight; moonbeam |
| 光年 | こうねん kounen | light-year |
| 光栄 | こうえい kouei | honour; honor; glory |
| 光学 | こうがく kougaku | optics |
| 発光 | はっこう hakkou | emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence |
| 光り輝く | ひかりかがやく hikarikagayaku | to shine; to glitter |
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