Kanji1 / 6
光 kanji
ray, light
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
コウ
Kun readings
ひかるひかり
Variant forms
灮炗Words with 光
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —観光旅行(sightseeing) tour
- —市内観光city sightseeing
- —化学発光chemoluminescence
- —回転偏光rotatory polarization; rotatory polarisation
- —感光材料sensitive material
- —眼光紙背reading between the lines
- —眼光炯々with shining, piercing eyes
- —和光同塵mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself
- —電光一閃flash of lightning
- —電光朝露fleeting; evanescent
- —光熱水費light, heating and water utility costs
- —光共振器optical resonator; optical cavity
- —三光作戦Three Alls Strategy (Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War)
- —仏光寺派Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
- —光子魚雷photon torpedo
- —光明真言Mantra of Light
- —月光菩薩Candraprabha (bodhisattva)
- —日光菩薩Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
- —観光名所sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
- —蛍光ペンhighlighter (pen)