18 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

shine

Kun'yomi
  • to shine
  • ひかり
On'yomi
  • ヨウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

shine
ヨウ かがや.く ひかり (Kentei 1, N1)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
surname, kind of pheasant
ケキ ジャク タク
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね は ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 71FF
JIS X 0208 1-64-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2814
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3500
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1407
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 750
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1016
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2534
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2594
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2721
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19520X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2152
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4d14.3
Four corner code 9781.4