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Kanji Detail for 晶 - "clear, crystal, sparkle"

晶

  • Meaning

    晶 means "clear, crystal, sparkle."

    1. Clear - Bright and shining; glittering.

    2. Crystal - A mineral name for quartz.

  • Words using 晶

    • 液晶 えきしょう Listen liquid crystal
    • 結晶 けっしょう Listen crystal; crystallization; crystallisation

  • Origin of 晶

    One 日 above two — points of light in the night sky, the original graph behind 星. Crystal, and the clarity of 結晶, crystallisation.

    How to remember it: One point of light above two — clear, crystalline.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 晶

    • Verified meaning: clear, crystal, sparkle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あきつぐ, あきのり, あきよ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 晶

    Given names 晶(あき)Listen 晶(あきよ)Listen 晶(あきら)Listen

    Surnames 晶(あきつぐ)Listen 晶(あきのり)Listen 晶(かつあき)Listen 晶(かつお)Listen 晶(かつしげ)Listen 晶(かつすけ)Listen 晶(かつとし)Listen 晶(かつはる)Listen 晶(かつひで)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sparkle; clear; crystal

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    crystal; clear, bright; radiant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    crystal

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    crystal; bright, clear, radiant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Pure light. When an object is transparent and luminous, it is called 晶瑩. | 水晶 (crystal). A stone like jade but transparent. Also abbreviated as 晶. Such as 紫晶 (amethyst), 墨晶 (smoky quartz). Also, when mineral particles combine, it is called 結晶 (crystallization).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    clear crystal sparkle bright brilliant gem gleaming glistening glittering luminous radiant shimmering shining transparent translucent pure pristine lucid

Sentences including 晶

  • You can't see too well with these LCD displays.

  • She made a paper snowflake.

  • The parents named their baby Akira.

  • His wife died leaving behind their two beloved children.

  • He crystallized salt from seawater.

  • That cute baby is the fruit of their love.

  • Then, a lone snowflake floated down from the night sky.

  • In any case why was it only mine that had a line in the LCD?

  • Akiko has many friends in France.

  • The birthstone of February is amethyst. It's Japanese name is "Murasaki Suishou".

More kanji with the radical 日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

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