The Japanese kanji for light: 光
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The kanji for light: 光
Fire (火) carried by a person: light.
光
- Meaning
- light, shine
- Kun reading
- hikari (Japanese)
- On reading
- KŌ (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 6
書き順Stroke order
光 is written in 6 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日光 | nikkō | sunlight, and the shrine town Nikkō |
| 光栄 | kōei | an honour |
敬意Wearing it
Light. Positive, and a popular boy's name, Hikaru.
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