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Sunshine
陽光 is the Chinese word for sunshine.
陽光 is a more emotional word compared to another Asian word that means “sunlight.” If you were going to sing a song or write a poem, this is the word you would use.
Note: This is a rarely-used word in Korean or Japanese.
Sunshine / Sunlight
日光 is the Japanese Kanji word for sunshine or sunlight.
This can also be the Japanese female given name Himi.
Sun / Solar
Also means Day, Sunshine, Sunlight, or Japan
日 is the word for sun.
It also means day and can refer to the day of the month when expressing the date.
Example: October 1st would be “10 Moons, 1 Sun.”
日 is also the first Kanji for the title of Japan (in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja). Thus, this character is used as an adjective for things that are Japanese.
Ever heard of Japan being called, “The land of the rising sun”? Well, that's what the full title of Japan means.
Depending on the context, this character can mean Sunshine or Sunlight.
Note: In Japanese, this Kanji has a variety of possible pronunciations. The pronunciation changed depending on context and how this Kanji is combined with other Kanji. When used alone, this is usually "hi" (pronounced like "hee") but sometimes it’s "nichi." When combined, it can be "tsu," "ni," "ka," and a few others.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
暉 晖 see styles |
huī hui1 hui hikaru ひかる |
More info & calligraphy: Hikari(given name) Hikaru |
日光 see styles |
rì guāng ri4 guang1 jih kuang nikkou / nikko にっこう |
More info & calligraphy: Sunshine / Sunlight(1) sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams; (2) Nikkō (city in Tochigi); (female given name) Himi (日光菩薩); 蘇利也波羅皮遮那 Sūrya-prabhāsana. Sunlight, and 月光 (月光菩薩) Moonlight, name of two Bodhisattva assistants of 藥師 the Master of Healing; Sunlight is the ninth in the Dizang Court of the Garbhadhātu group. |
陽光 阳光 see styles |
yáng guāng yang2 guang1 yang kuang youkou / yoko ようこう |
More info & calligraphy: Sunshinesunshine; sunlight; (female given name) Yōkou The sun's light, also idem陽燄 sun flames, or heat, i.e. the mirage causing the illusion of lakes. |
昤 see styles |
līng ling1 ling |
sunshine |
暘 旸 see styles |
yáng yang2 yang hinode ひので |
rising sun; sunshine (surname) Hinode |
曬 晒 see styles |
shài shai4 shai |
(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to See: 晒 To dry in the sun. |
緣 缘 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan en |
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along pratyaya means conviction, reliance, but with Buddhists especially it means 'a co-operating cause, the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its proximate cause'. M.W. It is the circumstantial, conditioning, or secondary cause, in contrast with 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. hetu is as the seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. To reason, conclude. To climb, lay hold of. The mind 能緣can reason, the objective is 所緣, the two in contact constitute the reasoning process. The four kinds of causes are 因緣; 次第緣; 緣緣, and 增上緣 q.v. |
冬日 see styles |
fuyubi ふゆび |
(1) winter sun; winter sunshine; (2) day on which the temperature drops below 0°C; below-freezing day |
刺桐 see styles |
cì tóng ci4 tong2 tz`u t`ung tzu tung |
Indian coral tree; sunshine tree; tiger's claw; Erythrina variegata (botany) |
日影 see styles |
hikage ひかげ |
(1) shade; shadow; (2) sunshine; (place-name, surname) Hikage |
日照 see styles |
rì zhào ri4 zhao4 jih chao nisshou / nissho にっしょう |
sunshine sunlight; (place-name) Hideri Divākara |
春暉 春晖 see styles |
chūn huī chun1 hui1 ch`un hui chun hui haruki はるき |
lit. spring sunshine; fig. parental (often maternal) love (personal name) Haruki |
春陽 see styles |
shunyou / shunyo しゅんよう |
spring sunshine; springtime; (female given name) Hinata |
照り see styles |
teri てり |
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre |
白日 see styles |
bái rì bai2 ri4 pai jih hakujitsu はくじつ |
daytime; sun; time bright sunshine; broad daylight; (given name) Shirahi |
秋陽 see styles |
shuuyou / shuyo しゅうよう |
autumn sunlight; autumn sunshine; (given name) Shuuyou |
表山 see styles |
omoteyama おもてやま |
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming); (surname) Hyōyama |
裏山 see styles |
urayama うらやま |
(1) mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; (2) side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; (adjectival noun) (3) (net-sl) (joc) (pun on うらやましい) (See うらやましい・1) envious; jealous; jelly; (place-name, surname) Urayama |
偏照り see styles |
henderi へんでり |
stretch of sunshine (after rain) |
均日照 see styles |
jun rì zhào jun1 ri4 zhao4 chün jih chao |
average annual sunshine |
日照権 see styles |
nisshouken / nisshoken にっしょうけん |
the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings |
風光る see styles |
kazehikaru かぜひかる |
(exp,adj-f) springlike; like wind blowing through the spring sunshine |
兩情相悅 两情相悦 see styles |
liǎng qíng xiāng yuè liang3 qing2 xiang1 yue4 liang ch`ing hsiang yüeh liang ching hsiang yüeh |
(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine |
包容政策 see styles |
houyouseisaku / hoyosesaku ほうようせいさく |
(See 太陽政策) Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea) |
太陽政策 see styles |
taiyouseisaku / taiyosesaku たいようせいさく |
Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea) |
年均日照 see styles |
nián jun rì zhào nian2 jun1 ri4 zhao4 nien chün jih chao |
average annual sunshine |
日照時間 see styles |
nisshoujikan / nisshojikan にっしょうじかん |
daylight hours; hours of sunshine |
春光乍泄 see styles |
chūn guāng zhà xiè chun1 guang1 zha4 xie4 ch`un kuang cha hsieh chun kuang cha hsieh |
spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom); to give a glimpse of something intimate (e.g. one's underwear) |
春光明媚 see styles |
chūn guāng míng mèi chun1 guang1 ming2 mei4 ch`un kuang ming mei chun kuang ming mei |
lovely spring sunshine |
風和日暄 风和日暄 see styles |
fēng hé rì xuān feng1 he2 ri4 xuan1 feng ho jih hsüan |
gentle wind and warm sunshine (idiom) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Sunshine | 陽光 阳光 | you kou / youkou / yo ko | yáng guāng yang2 guang1 yang guang yangguang | yang kuang yangkuang |
| Sunshine Sunlight | 日光 | nikkou / niko | rì guāng / ri4 guang1 / ri guang / riguang | jih kuang / jihkuang |
| Sun Solar | 日 | hi / nichi | rì / ri4 / ri | jih |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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