Kanji1 / 13
照 kanji
illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
てるてらすてれる
Variant forms
曌瞾Words with 照
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2対照Popularcontrast; antithesis; comparison
- N1参照Popularreference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
- N1照明Popularillumination; lighting
- N1照合check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
- —照会Popularinquiry; query; enquiry; referral (e.g. to a doctor or court); query (of a database)
- —照射Popularirradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
- —照準Popularsight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
- —日照Popularsunlight
- —対照的Popularcontrastive
- —引照reference; quotation
- —照度(intensity of) illumination; illuminance
- —反照reflection; evening glow; sunset glow
- —晩照sunset; setting sun
- —照査checking against (up); examining by reference; verification
- —返照reflection of light (sunlight)
- —照尺sight (of a firearm)
- —照応correspondence; being in accordance with; anaphora
- —照星bead (of a gun); front sight; foresight
- —照影portrait
- —照覧seeing clearly; (gods or Buddha) bearing witness (of)