陽 – sunshine, yang principle, positive

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#1071 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 陽 means sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひ (hi). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	ひ	hi

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: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 一・日・阡・勿.

Words using 陽

陽気ようきcheerful太陽たいようSun陽射ひざしsunlight

Example sentences

ナンシーはとても陽気でかわいらしい性格だ。

Nancy has a very lively and sweet temperament.

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今日は汗ばむような陽気だ。

It's warm enough today to bring out a slight sweat.

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マリーゴールドは太陽とともに起きる。

The marigold rises with the sun.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣隣隠陥阻

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