10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

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Kun'yomi
  • あきらか
On'yomi
  • コウ
Nanori
  • あき
  • あきら
  • てる
  • ひかる
  • みつ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

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コウ あきらか あき (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
ray, light
ひかり コウ ひか.る (2nd, N3)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

dazzling brightness
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References

Unicode hex code 6643
JIS X 0208 1-25-24
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2123
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2458
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2450
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3101
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1584
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2165
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2446
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2522
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1189
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1938
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 13891
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2092
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c6.5
Four corner code 6021.1