光
See also 灮
Translingual
Etymology
The character shows the rays of the sun, with the lower lines squared and balanced off.
Han character
光 (radical 10 儿+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火一山 (FMU), four-corner 90211, composition ⿱⿱⺌一儿)
References
- KangXi: page 124, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1350
- Dae Jaweon: page 262, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 266, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5149
- Walsh, Len. Read Japanese Today. Tuttle, 1969, 2002. p. 51.
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
- On: こう (kō), (historical) くゎう (kwau)
- Kun: 光る (ひかる, hikaru); 光, 光り (ひかり, hikari)
- Nanori: あき (aki), あきら (akira), こう (kō), てる (teru), ひこ (hiko), み (mi), みつ (mitsu)
Compounds
Compouns
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Etymology
Stem noun form of verb 光る (hikaru, “to shine, to glitter, to gleam”).
Pronunciation
Noun
光 (hiragana ひかり, romaji hikari)
- a physically perceived light: a light, a gleam, shining, glittering
- ダイヤモンドの光
- ダイヤモンドのひかり
daiyamondo no hikari - a diamond's glitter / shine / twinkling
- ダイヤモンドのひかり
- ダイヤモンドの光
- a metaphorical light: glory, a glimmer, a gleam
- 前途に光を失う
- ぜんとにひかりをうしなう
zento ni hikari o ushinau - to lose light regarding the future → future prospects grow dim
- ぜんとにひかりをうしなう
- 解決への道に光を投げかける
- かいけつへのみちにひかりをなげかける
kaiketsu e no michi ni hikari o nagekakeru - to shed light on the way to a solution
- かいけつへのみちにひかりをなげかける
- 前途に光を失う
- (in compounds) optics
- 光ファイバー
- ひかりファイバー
hikari faibā - optical fiber
- ひかりファイバー
- 光ファイバー
Alternative forms
- 光り
Proper noun
光 (hiragana ひかる, romaji Hikaru)
- A male given name
光 (hiragana ひかり, romaji Hikari)
- one of the bullet train services running on the Tōkaido/Sanyō shinkansen
- A male given name
Mandarin
Hanzi
光 (pinyin guāng (guang1), Wade-Giles kuang1)
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- John 1.5
- 光照在黑暗里，黑暗却不接受光。
- Guāng zhào zaì hēiàn lǐ, hēi'àn què bù jiēshòu guāng.
- And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
- John 1.5
Compounds
compounds containing "光"
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