Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint

    Usually written using kana alone

    たくさんの星が空にきらめいている。
    Many stars are twinkling in the sky.

Also written 煌く【きらめく】燦めく【きらめく】

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Characters in this word

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glitter, gleam, twinkle

Kun
きらめ.くきら.めくかがや.く
On
コウ
Strokes
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Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
fire

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Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4d9.7The Kanji Dictionary
9681.4Four corner code
714cUnicode hex code
1-63-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2778Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3449New Nelson (John Haig)
1296Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
938Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1877Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
19181Morohashi
huang2Pinyin reading
hwangKorean reading