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
- —散光scattered light
- —燐光phosphorescence
- —極光northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
- —灯光lamplight
- —暁光light of dawn
- —曙光dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam; flash; prospects
- —白光white light; corona
- —光照shining
- —光来your visit; your presence
- —晶光brilliant light
- —薄光faint light; pale light
- —放光emission of light
- —昼光daylight
- —光機optical instrument; optical equipment
- —外光light from outside; natural light
- —毫光light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead; ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows)
- —順光front light; front lighting
- —光臨arrival; visit; call
- —調光variable light (e.g. with a dimmer); photochromatic; dimmer; dimmer control
- —五光the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)