陽 — kanji meaning “sunshine”
陽
sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
- Meanings
- sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
- On'yomi
- ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi
- ひ
- Name readings
- あき、あきら、あけ、はる、ひろ、やん
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1071 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 170
- Chinese reading
- yáng — Chinese character page
Words with 陽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太陽 | たいよう taiyou | Sun |
| 陽気 | ようき youki | cheerful; jovial; merry |
| 陽子 | ようし youshi | proton |
| 陰陽 | いんよう in'you | cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon |
| 山陽 | さんよう san'you | south side of a mountain; Sanyo district |
| 陽性 | ようせい yousei | positive (result) |
| 太陽系 | たいようけい taiyoukei | solar system |
| 斜陽 | しゃよう shayou | setting sun |
| 陽光 | ようこう youkou | sunshine; sunlight |
| 陽炎 | かげろう kagerou | heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air |
| 太陽光 | たいようこう taiyoukou | sunlight |
| 紫陽花 | あじさい ajisai | bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea |
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