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照 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「灬」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「灬」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
て(る)・て(らす)・て(れる)te(ru) · te(rasu) · te(reru)
Meaning
shine; illuminate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: 火 (fire) for meaning and 昭 (bright) for sound; fire or sun shining brightly, 'to illuminate.'

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō照明しょうめい照会しょうかい対照的たいしょうてき
Kunてるteru照るてる日照りひでり
Kunてらすterasu照らすてらす
Kunてれるtereru照れるてれる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 照明しょうめい

    lighting

  • 日照にっしょう

    sunshine

More words with this kanji

  • 日照りひでり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

太陽(たいよう)が町(まち)を明(あか)るく照(て)らします。

The sun brightly illuminates the town.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

日照照明照日sun明bright然so無nothin…熊bear点dot為do井well松pine…省reflec…笑laugh唱sing
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 灬Map of reading ショウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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