Sunlight 日光
nikkō2 characters10 strokes
日光 (nikkō) means sunlight: the light of the sun, a word that brings a feeling of warmth and brightness.
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Meaning 意味
What 日光 means
The Japanese word for sunlight, written with 2 kanji and read nikkō.
Nikkō is the light of the sun, and the word carries a feeling of warmth and brightness.
Nikkō is also the name of a city in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, written with the same two characters.
When people write it in Japan. Nikkō is a common word for summer pieces and for seasonal practice.
Japanese children know every kanji here by 2nd grade.
How to write it 書き方
Brush tips for 日光
Three things to watch
- 日 is a tall, narrow character. Keep the vertical strokes on the left and right straight, and space the horizontal strokes evenly.
- In 光, keep the top three strokes small and compact, and make the 4th stroke, the horizontal, long.
- The last stroke of 光 bends, stretches to the right, then flicks up.
Stroke order
Follow the vermilion stroke, frame by frame.
Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
How to practice 練習
Trace first, then copy
- PrintPrint both pages at actual size, on US Letter or A4. Page 1 is the model. Page 2 is the tracing sheet.
- TraceTrace the outlines with a brush pen. Or lay thin hanshi paper over the page and trace with brush and ink.
- CopySet the model beside your paper and copy it stroke by stroke. Look at the model more than at your own paper.
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