輝

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: かがや

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: 車(くるま)

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.

  • かがやく — to shine; to sparkle
  • 光輝こうき — radiance; brilliance
  • 輝度きど — brightness; luminance
  • 輝石きせき — shining stone; gem
  • 清輝せいき — pure radiance
  • 輝星きせい — 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.

夜空よぞらほしかがやいている。
Stars are shining in the night sky.

かれ希望きぼうかがやいていた。
His eyes sparkled with hope.

度
Creates
輝度きど — brightness; luminance
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