光 means “light”

ひかり · hikari

Also: ray

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひかる, ひかり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 2 · 6 strokes

The story

Sunlight filters through bamboo groves: the Japanese concept of komorebi, light through leaves.

A name meaning light; also the Shinkansen bullet train line

Its parts

• ⺌ Small/sparkle · Top
• 儿 Legs/person · Bottom

Sparkles (⺌) above a person (儿): light shining down

Words with 光

• 日光 (にっこう, nikkou): sunlight
• 月光 (げっこう, gekkou): moonlight

Example sentences

• 光がまぶしいです。 The light is dazzling.
• 日光は体にいいです。 Sunlight is good for the body.

Kanji that look like 光

• 先 (before / ahead): 先 has legs (儿) walking ahead, 光 has fire radiance below

More from Nature's Poetry

• 谷 valley
• 竹 bamboo
• 草 grass
• 池 pond
• 砂 sand
• 滴 raindrop
• 霜 frost
• 露 dew
• 氷 ice
• 流 stream
• 沼 marsh
• 泉 spring

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.