Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji for Crystal
The kanji most commonly used for "Crystal" are 晶、瑛、璃.
晶
Kanji that mean Crystal
晶 (shō) is crystal drawn as pure idea: three suns 日 stacked — concentrated light. 水晶 (suishō) is rock crystal, quartz; 結晶 (kesshō) is a crystal in the scientific sense and, figuratively, the crystallisation of effort — 努力の結晶, “the crystal of hard work”, is a stock phrase of graduation speeches. As a given name (Akira, Shō) it promises clarity.
瑛 (ei) is the jewel-sparkle character: crystal, the lustre of a gem — the king-of-jewels radical 王 beside 英, excellence. It exists almost entirely as a name kanji (Ei, Akira, Teruo), which is its charm: a character whose only job is to shine.
璃 (ri) is the glassy one — the second character of 瑠璃 (ruri), lapis lazuli, and of 玻璃 (hari), old word for glass/crystal. It, too, thrives in modern names (Riko, Ruri). Three characters, three facets: light 晶, lustre 瑛, glass 璃.
Words using Crystal kanji
Everyday Japanese vocabulary built from the characters above.
-
液晶
えきしょう
liquid crystal
-
結晶
けっしょう
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation
Before you use Crystal kanji
晶 is the strongest choice: three suns, "crystal", with the effort-crystallised metaphor built in — clean and entirely positive. 瑛 and 璃 read as name kanji: elegant, but a Japanese viewer may read them as someone's name before a meaning. No negative senses anywhere in this family.