Onyomi: ヨウ · Kunyomi: ひ · Meanings: daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine, yang principle
Kanji for daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine
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The kanji 陽 is made from 阝(hill or mound) on the left and 昜 (sun rising) on the right. The left part shows a hill or elevated land, and the right part shows the sun rising or shining. Together, they create the image of sunlight hitting the sunny side of a hill. Over time, 陽 came to mean “sun,” “sunlight,” and also “yang” in yin-yang — the bright, positive side.
Made from 阝(hill) and 昜(sun). It shows the sun shining on the hill — meaning sun, sunlight, brightness, or the positive side (yang).
This kanji says: imagine the sun (昜) shining brightly on the hill (阝), lighting up the world. 陽 means sunlight, brightness, or the positive side — remember it by picturing warm sun rays on a hilltop.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 日 | ひ | day, days | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 陽 | ひ | sun, sunshine, sunlight | Noun |
| 陽 | よう | (the) positive | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 日焼け | ひやけ | sunburn, suntan, tan | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 陽気 | ようき | cheerful, jovial, merry, lively | common JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 日差し | ひざし | sunlight, rays of the Sun | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 日当たり | ひあたり | exposure to the sun, sunny place | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 陽光 | ようこう | sunshine, sunlight | common Noun |
| 陽性 | ようせい | positive (result) | common Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 陽報 | ようほう | open reward (for anonymous act of charity) | Noun |