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耀

耀 — Shine

JLPT N120 strokesSecondary school#2253 most used
shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle
On’yomiヨウ (you)
Kun’yomiかがや (kagayaku)
Kun’yomiひかり (hikari)

Stroke order (20 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

耀 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 20 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2253 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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