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
- —四光four 20-point cards (scoring combination)
- —三光the Sun, the Moon and the stars; three 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)
- —頭光halo (of a Buddhist statue); nimbus
- —身光aureole (of a Buddhist statue; surrounding the body but not the head); aureola
- —光塔minaret
- —剣光light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword
- —配光light distribution (e.g. in candle-power or candela); luminous intensity distribution; spatial distribution of luminous intensity
- —光条striation; ray system
- —減光light reduction; dimming of a light; extinction
- —光圧light pressure; photon pressure; radiation pressure
- —光耀shining; glittering
- —迷光stray light
- —蓄光phosphorescence; luminescence
- —寂光light of wisdom (when nearing nirvana); silent illumination; paradise; nirvana
- —測光photometry
- —光害light pollution
- —光跡traces of a moving light; trail (e.g. of a meteor)
- —金光golden light
- —韶光beautiful spring scenery; tranquil spring scenery
- —光復restoration of independence (esp. Korea, China, etc.)