陽
陽 — Sunshine
sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
On’yomiヨウ (you)
Kun’yomiひ (hi)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 陽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太陽 | たいよう taiyou | Sun |
| 陽 | よう you | (the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open |
| 陽子 | ようし youshi | proton |
| 山陽 | さんよう sanyou | south side of a mountain; Sanyo district |
| 太陽電池 | たいようでんち taiyoudenchi | solar cell |
| 紫陽花 | あじさい ajisai | bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea |
Study notes
陽 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1071 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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