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
- —光学器械optical instrument
- —風光明美scenic; beautiful; picturesque
- —眼光炯炯with shining, piercing eyes
- —螢光ペンhighlighter (pen)
- —非線型光学nonlinear optics
- —光陰矢の如しtime flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
- —身にあまる光栄undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour
- —緑色蛍光蛋白質green fluorescent protein; GFP
- —高々度放電発光transient luminous event
- —光学式文字読取り装置optical character reader; OCR
- —光学式文字読み取り装置optical character reader; OCR
- —牛に引かれて善光寺参りdoing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
- —一寸の光陰軽んず可からずthere isn't a moment to be wasted; every moment is precious; make hay while the sun shines