The kanji 光: meaning, readings and stroke order

光

Meaning: light, shine
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: ひか（る） hikaru、ひかり hikari
Strokes: 6
Radical: 儿 legs
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ánh sáng, toả sáng (quang)
Japanese: ひかり。ひかる。
Korean: 빛, 빛나다 (광)
Chinese: 光、发光

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

日にっ光こう
sunlight
日にっ光こうがまどから入ります。
Sunlight comes in through the window.

ひか（る） hikaru · kun reading

光ひかる
to shine, to sparkle
夜空に星が 光ひかって います。
Stars are shining in the night sky.

ひかり hikari · kun reading

光ひかり
light
朝の 光ひかりがとてもきれいです。
The morning light is very beautiful.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.