Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

1071 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ヨウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

光(ようこう)   sunshine, sunlight

性(ようせい)   positive, sanguine [n.]

子(ようし)   proton

(たいよう)   sun, solar

(らくよう)   setting sun

気な(ようきな)   cheerful, jovial

Onyomi Examples

ヨウ (the) positive, yang (in Chinese divination), the open, visible place, public place

ヨウキ cheerful, jovial, merry, lively, weather, season, spirit of yang

サンヨウ south side of a mountain, Sanyo district

インヨウ cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.

Kunyomi Examples

sun, sunshine, sunlight

日差し ひざし sunlight, rays of the Sun