音読み: キ
訓読み: かがやく
画数: 15
部首: くるま（車）
Meaning
Shine / Sparkle / Radiate / Brilliance
- Basic forms
- 輝く — shine; sparkle; excel / base form
- 輝きます — shines; sparkles / masu form
- 輝いた — shone; sparkled / ta form
- 輝いて — shining … / te form
- 輝かない — do not shine / negative
- 輝けば — if (it) shines / conditional
- 輝け — shine! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 星が輝く — stars shine
- 目が輝く — eyes sparkle
- 才能が輝く — talent shines
- More
- 輝いている — is shining; is excelling / state
輝く（かがやく） is a godan intransitive verb. It is used for literal light as well as figurative excellence or success.
- 輝く — to shine; to sparkle
- 光輝 — radiance; brilliance
- 輝度 — brightness; luminance
- 輝石 — shining stone; gem
- 清輝 — pure radiance
- 輝星 — bright star
輝 combines 光 (light) with 軍 (phonetic), forming the image of light spreading outward. It symbolizes radiance, brilliance, and things that shine or inspire.