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Hikari: Meaning & Kanji

光

ひかり · ヒカリ

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Gender in this collection
girl, unisex
Stored reading
ひかり (Hikari)

What does Hikari mean in this spelling?

Hikari is shown as 光, associated with light and radiance. The hiragana ひかり records the reading used here. A shared light theme does not make Hikari and Akari interchangeable: compare both their sounds and their kanji before choosing.

These are written-form explanations. Style and gender labels describe this collection; they are not a current usage survey or a guarantee of suitability.

Written forms

Kanji variations for Hikari

光

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Written-form notes

Light; radiance

Spelling and reading recorded in JMnedict (2026-08-01 snapshot), entry 5266029. This does not establish popularity or naming intention.

光
light, radiance

Full-name pairings

Surnames to pair with Hikari

山本 光Yamamoto HikariUse this pairing →田中 光Tanaka HikariUse this pairing →佐藤 光Satō HikariUse this pairing →鈴木 光Suzuki HikariUse this pairing →林 光Hayashi HikariUse this pairing →高橋 光Takahashi HikariUse this pairing →

Evidence trail

Sources

Kanji glosses help explain the written form. They are not a claim about the personality or destiny of a person who uses the name. The Jōyō Kanji reference is general character background; it does not verify every personal-name reading or establish popularity. Imported records cite their dictionary sources separately.

  1. Index of readings in the Jōyō Kanji Table

    Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan · Accessed 2026-07-29

  2. JMnedict Japanese Multilingual Named Entity Dictionary

    Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group · JMnedict created 2026-08-01 · Evidence: reading kanji pair · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed 2026-08-01