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This Kanji often represents a Japanese name romanized as Hikari.
The literal meaning can be the sunshine, light, or to shine upon. It has the same meaning in Chinese and Korean. From ancient Chinese, it is a variant of 輝/辉.
Other Japanese romanizations include Hikaru, Hikatsu, Teru, Terasu, Ki, and Akira.
光彩 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for radiance.
Other meanings include: luster; splendor/splendour; brilliance.
光彩 is the kind of radiance you see when a person's arrival brings happiness and joy to the room. Or the radiance on the face of a new bride etc.
If you delve into the dictionary, other forms of radiance will refer to isotopes emitting radiation. 光彩 is not related to radiation and is not the kind that causes cancer.
In Japanese, this can be several female given names such as Misa, Hikari, Hiiro, Teresa or Arisa. And a more unisex given name of Kousai or Kosai.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
光 see styles |
 guāng / guang1 kuang hikari / ひかり |
light; ray; CL:道[dao4]; bright; only; merely; to use up light; (female given name) Rei; (female given name) Ruka; (female given name) Mitsuru; (personal name) Mitsumune; (personal name) Mitsutsugu; (personal name) Mitsuji; (personal name) Mitsushi; (surname) Mitsuzaki; (female given name) Mitsu; (given name) Hiroshi; (surname, female given name) Hikaru; (surname) Hikarizaki; (p,s,f) Hikari; (given name) Teru; (female given name) Tekari; (female given name) Sakae; (personal name) Kousou; (personal name) Kouji 光明 prabha, light, brightness, splendour, to illuminate. |
愛 爱 see styles |
ài / ai4 ai ai / あい |
to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do something); to tend to (happen) (n,n-suf) (1) (See 愛する) love; affection; care; (2) {Buddh} attachment; craving; desire; (female given name) Rui; (female given name) Rabu; (given name) Yoshimi; (female given name) Yoshiki; (female given name) Yoshi; (female given name) Yuki; (female given name) Medzuru; (female given name) Mego; (female given name) Megumu; (female given name) Megumi; (female given name) Megu; (female given name) Mei; (female given name) Manami; (female given name) Manabu; (female given name) Mana; (female given name) Madoka; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Haato; (female given name) Nozomi; (given name) Naruko; (female given name) Na kāma; rāga. Love, affection, desire; also used for tṛṣṇā, thirst, avidity, desire, one of the twelve nidānas. It is intp. as 貪 coveting, and 染著 defiling attachment; also defined as defiling love like that toward wife and children, and undefiling love like that toward one's teachers and elders; to desire |
星 see styles |
xīng / xing1 hsing hoshi / ほし sei / se / せい |
star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount (1) star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon); (2) (slang) (police slang) offender; perpetrator; (3) star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot; (4) circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star); (5) bullseye; (6) (See 九星) one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate; (7) small dot; spot; (8) {sumo} point; score; (1) {astron} (See 星宿・3,二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (n,n-suf,n-pref) (2) Singapore; (surname) Hotsu; (surname) Hoshizaki; (surname) Hoshisaki; (surname, female given name) Hoshi; (female given name) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Tina; (female given name) Tiara; (personal name) Seiji; (surname, female given name) Sei; (personal name) Sumio; (female given name) Sutera; (personal name) Jou; (personal name) Shin; (female given name) Kirari; (female given name) Kirara; (female given name) Kirameki; (female given name) Kira; (female given name) Akari Tara, a star; the 25th constellation consisting of stars in Hydra; a spark. |
暉 晖 see styles |
huī / hui1 hui hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり hikatsu / ひかつ teru / てる terasu / てらす akira / あきら |
sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[hui1] (given name) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (personal name) Hikatsu; (surname, given name) Teru; (given name) Terasu; (personal name) Ki; (given name) Akira |
空 see styles |
kōng / kong1 k`ung / kung kuu / ku / くう kara / から |
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time; empty; air; sky; in vain (1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (noun - becomes adjective with の) emptiness; vacuum; blank; (female given name) Ron; (personal name) Hiroshi; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Haruka; (female given name) Noa; (surname) Sorasaki; (female given name) Sora; (female given name) Sukai; (female given name) Shieru; (personal name) Kuukai; (surname, female given name) Kuu; (female given name) Kanata; (female given name) Kasumi; (female given name) Urue; (surname, female given name) Aki; (female given name) Aoi śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both. |
華 华 see styles |
huá / hua2 hua ririka / りりか ran / らん madoka / まどか furooria / ふろーりあ fua / ふあ hikari / ひかり hanna / はんな haruka / はるか haru / はる hana / はな teru / てる kemeko / けめこ kirara / きらら kana / かな kasumi / かすみ kazashi / かざし kaoru / かおる ka / か aki / あき |
magnificent; splendid; flowery; old variant of 花[hua1]; flower; Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi; surname Hua; abbr. for China (1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) best; (female given name) Ririka; (female given name) Ran; (female given name) Madoka; (female given name) Furo-ria; (personal name) Fua; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Hanna; (female given name) Haruka; (female given name) Haru; (surname, female given name) Hana; (female given name) Teru; (female given name) Kemeko; (female given name) Kirara; (female given name) Kana; (personal name) Kasumi; (female given name) Kazashi; (m,f) Kaoru; (surname, given name) Ka; (female given name) Aki kusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China. |
電 电 see styles |
diàn / dian4 tien hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり touda / toda / とうだ tousoe / tosoe / とうそえ den / でん |
electric; electricity; electrical (out-dated kanji) lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt; (female given name) Hikaru; (personal name) Hikari; (personal name) Touda; (personal name) Tousoe; (surname, female given name) Den Lightning, symbolizes the impermanent and transient. |
光彩 see styles |
guāng cǎi / guang1 cai3 kuang ts`ai / kuang tsai kousai / kosai / こうさい |
luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance brilliance; splendour; splendor; (female given name) Misa; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Hiiro; (female given name) Teresa; (given name) Kousai; (female given name) Arisa |
日光 see styles |
rì guāng / ri4 guang1 jih kuang nikkou / nikko / にっこう |
sunlight sunlight; (female given name) Himi; (female given name) Hikari; (place-name) Nitsukou; (p,s,f) Nikkou (日光菩薩); 蘇利也波羅皮遮那 Sūrya-prabhāsana. Sunlight, and 月光 (月光菩薩) Moonlight, name of two Bodhisattva assistants of 藥師 the Master of Healing; Sunlight is the ninth in the Dizang Court of the Garbhadhātu group. |
陽光 阳光 see styles |
yáng guāng / yang2 guang1 yang kuang youkou / yoko / ようこう |
sunshine; CL:線|线[xian4]; transparent (open to public scrutiny) sunshine; sunlight; (female given name) Youkou; (female given name) Youko; (female given name) Hikari; (given name) Harumitsu; (personal name) Harumi; (personal name) Akira; (personal name) Akimitsu; (female given name) Akimi The sun's light, also idem陽燄 sun flames, or heat, i.e. the mirage causing the illusion of lakes; sunlight |
彩 see styles |
cǎi / cai3 ts`ai / tsai midori / みどり maya / まや hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり sayaka / さやか saya / さや sae / さえ saika / さいか sai / さい konogi / このぎ konoki / このき kunogi / くのぎ kazari / かざり irori / いろり iroha / いろは irodori / いろどり iroe / いろえ iro / いろ ayami / あやみ ayano / あやの ayane / あやね ayaka / あやか aya / あや akari / あかり |
(bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize (female given name) Midori; (female given name) Maya; (female given name) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Sayaka; (female given name) Saya; (female given name) Sae; (female given name) Saika; (surname, female given name) Sai; (personal name) Konogi; (personal name) Konoki; (personal name) Kunogi; (female given name) Kazari; (female given name) Irori; (female given name) Iroha; (female given name) Irodori; (personal name) Iroe; (female given name) Iro; (female given name) Ayami; (female given name) Ayano; (female given name) Ayan This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
晃 see styles |
huàng // huǎng / huang4 // huang3 huang mitsuru / みつる hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり noboru / のぼる teru / てる kousou / koso / こうそう kouji / koji / こうじ koushou / kosho / こうしょう kou / ko / こう atsushi / あつし akira / あきら akinori / あきのり akitsugu / あきつぐ aki / あき |
to sway; to shake; to wander about; to dazzle; to flash past (given name) Mitsuru; (female given name) Hikaru; (personal name) Hikari; (given name) Noboru; (given name) Teru; (personal name) Kousou; (personal name) Kouji; (personal name) Koushou; (given name) Kou; (given name) Atsushi; (surname, female given name) Akira; (personal name) Akinori; (personal name) Akitsugu; (female given name) Aki |
晄 see styles |
huǎng / huang3 huang hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり akira / あきら |
old variant of 晃[huang3] (female given name) Hikaru; (surname) Hikari; (female given name) Akira |
景 see styles |
jǐng / jing3 ching kei / ke / けい |
bright; circumstance; scenery; surname Jing (1) vista; view; scene; scenic view; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for scenes (in a play); (female given name) Miyoshi; (female given name) Hiro; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Keshiki; (given name) Keitei; (personal name) Keiji; (surname, female given name) Kei; (surname) Giyon; (surname) Kagesaki; (surname) Kage; (female given name) Akira Prospect, view, circumstances; reflection |
晶 see styles |
jīng / jing1 ching masa / まさ hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり shoudou / shodo / しょうどう shousuke / shosuke / しょうすけ shouji / shoji / しょうじ shou / sho / しょう sayaka / さやか katsuhide / かつひで katsuharu / かつはる katsutoshi / かつとし katsusuke / かつすけ katsushige / かつしげ katsuo / かつお katsuaki / かつあき akira / あきら akiyo / あきよ akinori / あきのり akitsugu / あきつぐ aki / あき |
crystal (personal name) Masa; (female given name) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (personal name) Shoudou; (personal name) Shousuke; (personal name) Shouji; (female given name) Shou; (female given name) Sayaka; (personal name) Katsuhide; (personal name) Katsuharu; (personal name) Katsutoshi; (personal name) Katsusuke; (personal name) Katsushige; (personal name) Katsuo; (personal name) Katsuaki; (female given name) Akira; (given name) Akiyo; (personal name) Akinori |
曜 see styles |
yào / yao4 yao you / yo / よう hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり teruko / てるこ kaguya / かぐや akira / あきら aki / あき |
bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy (female given name) You; (female given name) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (given name) Teruko; (female given name) Kaguya; (given name) Akira; (female given name) Aki Brilliant, shining. 七曜 The sun, moon, and five planets. 曜宿 These seven and the constellations, the celestial orbs. |
耀 see styles |
yào / yao4 yao you / yo / よう hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり kirari / きらり kirara / きらら kagari / かがり kagaya / かがや akiraka / あきらか akira / あきら aki / あき akaru / あかる |
brilliant; glorious (female given name) You; (female given name) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Kirari; (female given name) Kirara; (female given name) Kagari; (female given name) Kagaya; (female given name) Akiraka; (female given name) Akira; (female given name) Aki; (surname, female given name) Akaru This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
輝 辉 see styles |
huī / hui1 hui ran / らん fi / ふぃ hizuru / ひづる hikaru / ひかる hikari / ひかり terutsugu / てるつぐ teruki / てるき teru / てる daiya / だいや daia / だいあ takashi / たかし kou / ko / こう kirari / きらり kirara / きらら kagayaki / かがやき kagaya / かがや akira / あきら aki / あき |
splendor; to shine upon (surname) Ran; (personal name) Fi; (female given name) Hidzuru; (m,f) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (personal name) Terutsugu; (given name) Teruki; (surname, female given name) Teru; (female given name) Daiya; (female given name) Daia; (given name) Takashi; (surname) Kou; (female given name) Kirari; (female given name) Kirara; (female given name) Kira; (surname) Ki; (female given name) Kagayaki; (female given name) Kagaya; (female given name) Aki This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
陽 阳 see styles |
yáng / yang2 yang you / yo / よう |
positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] ☯ (1) (ant: 陰・いん・1) yang (i.e. the positive); (2) (See 陽に) the open (i.e. a visible place); (personal name) Youji; (surname, female given name) You; (surname) Yako; (surname, female given name) Minami; (female given name) Mahina; (given name) Hiroshi; (female given name) Himari; (female given name) Hinata; (female given name) Hina; (given name) Hitaka; (female given name) Hizashi; (surname, female given name) Hikaru; (female given name) Hikari; (personal name) Hi; (female given name) Haruhi; (female given name) Haruna; (female given name) Haruki; (female given name) Haruka; (surname, female given name) Haru; (given name) Nob The side on which the sun shines, the sun, heat, this life, positive, masculine, dynamic, etc; yang |
光景 see styles |
guāng jǐng / guang1 jing3 kuang ching koukei / koke / こうけい |
circumstances; scene; about; probably scene; spectacle; sight; view; (given name) Mitsukage; (female given name) Hikari; (given name) Koukei |
光華 光华 see styles |
guāng huá / guang1 hua2 kuang hua mika / みか hikari / ひかり kouge / koge / こうげ kouka / koka / こうか arika / ありか |
brilliance; splendor; magnificence (female given name) Mika; (female given name) Hikari; (given name) Kouge; (given name) Kouka; (female given name) Arika |
光麗 光丽 see styles |
guāng lí / guang1 li2 kuang li mirei / mire / みれい hikari / ひかり |
(female given name) Mirei; (female given name) Hikari This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
曙光 see styles |
shǔ guāng / shu3 guang1 shu kuang shokou / shoko / しょこう |
dawn; fig. the dawn of a new era (1) dawn; daybreak; first light of day; (2) (fig. as in 〜の曙光) first indication; glimpse; gleam; flash; prospects; (female given name) Hikari; (given name) Shokkou; (given name) Shokou; (personal name) Akemi |
朝陽 朝阳 see styles |
zhāo yáng // cháo yáng / zhao1 yang2 // chao2 yang2 chao yang // ch`ao / chao yang // chao chouyou / choyo / ちょうよう |
the morning sun; to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun; Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality; Chaoyang prefecture level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China; Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin; Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning morning sun; sunrise; (female given name) Hikari; (personal name) Tomoharu; (place-name) Chouyou; (female given name) Asayo; (p,s,f) Asahi; (personal name) Asaharu |
ひかり see styles |
hikari / ひかり |
skips-most-stations Toukai-line Shinkansen; (female given name) Hikari |
白毫相光 see styles |
bái háo xiàng guāng / bai2 hao2 xiang4 guang1 pai hao hsiang kuang byakugōsō no hikari |
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| Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Hikari | 暉 晖 | hikari | huī / hui1 / hui | |
| Radiance | 光彩 | kousai / kosai | guāng cǎi guang1 cai3 guang cai guangcai | kuang ts`ai kuangtsai kuang tsai |
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