Have you heard of the word hikari [光]? It is often used frequently in people’s names, brands, and even the name of a city due to its great meaning, which is LIGHT. In this article, we will investigate the word hikari in depth and see some meanings and synonyms.
The word hikari is just a Japanese reading of the ideogram [光], which can also be hikaru or in the Chinese reading kou. The word hikari [光] literally means light, illumination, ray, beam, and brightness. It can also be used to refer to happiness, hope, influence, power, and vision.
Apparently, hikari has no deep meaning beyond being a representation of literal light when we examine its pictographic origin. It is likely to be used in spiritual words like eikou [栄光], which means glory.
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Japanese names derived from hikari and hikaru
The names Hikari and Hikaru are quite commonly used in Japan. Hikari is often used for females, employing different ideograms instead of the traditional [光]. This way, a person can have different meanings in their name. Even with the love ideogram [愛], it is possible to write the name hikari. Below we will provide some suggestions:
- 華 – means splendor, brightness, and ostentation;
- 輝 – radiant, sparkling, and brightness;
- 輝 – Often used as Kagayaki;
- 瑛 (Hikaru) – shine of jewels, crystals;
- 旺 (Hikaru) – flourishing, successful, beautiful, vigorous;
- 月 – Moon (probably because it is bright);
- 玄 – mysterious, hidden, black, deep (which contrasts);
- 明 – Akari is another popular name that also means light;
- 晃 (Hikaru) – Bright, dazzling, light, clear;
We recommend conducting thorough research using jisho.org to discover other ways to write the names Hikari and Hikaru in Japanese and their respective meanings. It is worth noting that there are infinite ways to incorporate the ideogram for Light in Japanese. Thousands of Japanese names can have the meaning of light.
Another popular example of names that mean light is the main character from the anime Death Note, named Raito, a Japanese adaptation of the English word Light, which means light. People with the name Kou (Chinese reading) also tend to have some ideogram with the meaning of light in their names.
In the anime Boku no Hero, there is a character named Uraraka [麗], where the ideogram also means bright, beautiful, glorious, lovely, graceful, and resplendent.
Synonyms for the word Hikari [光]
There is the ideogram [明], which is quite popular and is often used in adjectives like akarui, which means well-lit and bright. This ideogram is also present in words like tomorrow (明日) and can mean clarity, insight, and purity.
Another similar ideogram is [灯], which has the readings akari and tomoshibi that also mean light, but since it has the radical of fire, it is used to refer to lamps and torches. The noun akari, although written as 明かり, has its origins related to [灯].
To conclude the article, we will leave some words related to hikari and some synonyms for light.
| Portuguese | Japanese | Romaji |
| Verb Shine | 光る | hikaru |
| Vivid; bright; clear | 鮮やか | azayaka |
| Adjective of light, bright, illuminated | 明るい | akarui |
| Bright; glorious; splendid | 輝かしい | kagayakashi |
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