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Keyword
illuminate
  • shine
  • compare
  • bashful
Frequency
#1004
Strokes
13
Grade
4
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
182
Readings
ショウ73%
て27%
Mnemonic
Shining light and fire sparks flicker from the lamp on the table until they illuminate the whole dark room.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
参さん照しょう
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
Noun
対たい照しょう的てき
contrastive
Na-adjective
照しょう明めい
illumination; lighting
Noun
対たい照しょう
contrast; antithesis; comparison
Noun
照しょう射しゃ
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
Noun
照しょう準じゅん
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
Noun
照しょう会かい
inquiry; query; enquiry; referral (e.g. to a doctor or court); query (of a database)
Noun
照てらす
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
Godan verb
照射ともし
baiting deer with a lighted torch
Noun
照てれ
abashment; bashfulness
Noun
照てらし合あわせる
to check; to compare
Ichidan verb
照しょう葉よう樹じゅ林りん
evergreen (glossy-leaved) forest
Noun
照てる
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
Godan verb
照てれる
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
Ichidan verb
照しょう合ごう
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
Noun
照てり
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
Noun
日ひ照でり
dry weather; drought
Noun
照てれ屋や
very shy person; bashful person
Noun
照てり焼やき
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
Noun
照しょう度ど
(intensity of) illumination; illuminance
Noun
照てり返かえし
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
Noun