照 – illuminate, shine, compare

13 strokesTaught in grade 4#1004 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 照 means illuminate, shine, compare, bashful. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is て.る、て.らす、て.れる (teru, terasu, tereru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	て.る	teru
Kun’yomi	て.らす	terasu
Kun’yomi	て.れる	tereru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 口・刀・日・杰.

Words using 照

対照たいしょうcontrast照明しょうめいillumination照るてるto shine照らすてらすto shine on参照さんしょうreference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes)照合しょうごうcheck (against)照り返すてりかえすto reflect

Example sentences

以下の説明は多くの異なる理論を比較的対照することによって得られたものである。

The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.

Tatoeba #191221

我々は明るさを抑えた照明の中でダンスをした。

We danced in the subdued lighting.

Tatoeba #185521

降っても照っても明日は出発します。

Rain or shine, I will start tomorrow.

Tatoeba #173278

Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼炎煙炭烈熟

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