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Kanji Detail for 輝 - "to shine, splendor, glow"

輝

  • Meaning

    輝 means "to shine, splendor, glow."

    1. Shine - To glow; to gleam; to radiate.

    2. Brilliance - Bright light; splendor.

    3. Radiance - Luminous quality.

  • Words using 輝

    • 輝き かがやき Listen brightness; brilliance; brilliancy

  • Origin of 輝

    光, light, beside 軍, the army, lending the reading ki: radiance — light that advances like a column on the march.

    How to remember it: Light 光 with an army 軍 behind it — brilliance that marches out in force: to shine.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 輝

    • Verified meaning: to shine, splendor, glow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あきら, かがや, かがやき)

    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 輝

    Given names 輝(あき)Listen 輝(あきら)Listen 輝(かがや)Listen 輝(かがやき)Listen 輝(きら)Listen 輝(きらら)Listen 輝(きらり)Listen 輝(だいあ)Listen 輝(だいや)Listen 輝(たかし)Listen

    Surnames 輝(き)Listen 輝(こう)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    radiance; shine; sparkle; gleam; twinkle

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    brightness, luster, brilliance

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    splendor; to shine upon

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    brightness, luster

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

    Originally written as 煇. Light. Today, glory and honor is also called 光輝 (glory).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kagaya.ku(かがや-く) かがや-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    車 (kuruma・kurumahen)

  • Related Keywords

    to shine glow splendor illuminate radiance brilliance bright dazzle gleam glitter illumination incandescence light luminescence luminosity luster radiant shimmer sparkle twinkle sheen resplendence effulgence iridescence

Sentences including 輝

  • He came out of the room with his eyes shining.

  • The sun is shining.

  • He came into the room with his eyes shining.

  • What is life without the radiance of love?

  • She came in with her eyes shining.

  • He came in with his eyes shining.

  • Their eyes were all bright.

  • The moon shines at night.

  • It was shining in the sky.

  • The sun doesn't shine at night.

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