輝 – radiance, shine, sparkle

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The kanji 輝 means radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かがや.く (kagayaku). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 車 (no. 159).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	かがや.く	kagayaku

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: 車 (Kangxi radical 159). Components: 車・尚・儿・冖・一.

Words using 輝

輝くかがやくto shine

Example sentences

空には太陽が輝いています。

The sun is shining in the sky.

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Kanji with the same radical

軍転車輸輪軽載較軸軟輩軒軌

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