The kanji 照: meaning, readings and stroke order

照

Meaning: shine, feel shy
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: て（る） teru、て（らす） terasu、て（れる） tereru
Strokes: 13
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chiếu sáng, ngượng ngùng (chiếu)
Japanese: ひかりをあてる。はずかしがる。
Korean: 비추다, 쑥스러워하다 (조)
Chinese: 照亮、害羞

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

照しょう明めい
lighting, lights
教室の 照しょう明めいをつけます。
I turn on the classroom lights.

て（る） teru · kun reading

照てる
to shine
太陽が強く 照てります。
The sun shines strongly.

て（らす） terasu · kun reading

照てらす
to light up
明かりで暗い道を 照てらします。
I light up the dark road with a lamp.

て（れる） tereru · kun reading · less common

照てれる
to feel shy
みんなにほめられて 照てれました。
Everyone praised me, and I felt shy.

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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.