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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
- N3観光Popularsightseeing; tourism
- N3光景Popularscene; spectacle; sight; view
- N3日光Popularsunlight; sunshine; sunbeams; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
- N2光線Popularray (of light); beam; light
- N2蛍光灯Popularfluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
- N1光沢Popularbrilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
- N1光熱費Popularcost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
- —栄光Popularglory
- —月光Popularmoonlight; moonbeam
- —光栄Popularhonour; honor; glory; privilege
- —光学Popularoptics
- —光輝Popularbrightness; splendour; splendor
- —光彩Popularbrilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
- —光年Popularlight-year
- —光明Popularbright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
- —電光Popularlightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
- —発光Popularemission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
- —陽光Popularsunshine; sunlight
- —脚光Popularfootlight; limelight
- —観光客Populartourist