Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1259

radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

car kuruma

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

brightness; luminance
brightness; splendour
hedenbergite
augite
diopside; malacolite
enstatite
decalescence
diabase; dolerite
kanoite
bismuthinite

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

brightness; brilliance
brilliant; glorious
to shine; to glitter
to light up; to brighten
to shine; to sparkle
My Brilliant Career (novel by Miles Franklin)
pigeonite
radiant
women who excel; women in prominent positions
jadeite

Example sentences

The stars twinkled above her.

The glow of the light was intense.

It was a bright and clear Sunday morning.

She has a brilliant future.