輝 — radiance, shine, sparkle

かがやく輝 radiance

かがやく

U+8F1D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1259 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #324 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

radiance
shine
sparkle
gleam
twinkle

Readings

On'yomi: き ki
Kun'yomi: かがや kagaya

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かがや kagaya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

輝(かがや) く kagayaku to shine 輝(かがや) き kagayaki radiance 輝(かがや) かしい kagayakashii brilliant

かがやき kagayaki

輝(かがやき) kagayaki radiance

Words by frequency and grade

4 words

Each dot is a word containing 輝: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひかり光 light

ぐん軍 army

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