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輝 = 軍 + 光

輝 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “radiance”. It is built from 軍 (army) and 光 (ray). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 324.

Keyword
radiance
RTK frame
324
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かがや.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сияние
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
輝 brightness

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 軍 army
  2. 光 ray

How to find 輝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “army” + “ray”. 輝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 輝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.