Hikaru
光
A unisex name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 光, combines light.
- Hiragana
- ひかる
- Katakana
- ヒカル
- Romaji (Hepburn)
- Hikaru
- Morae
- 3 ひかる
- Gender
- Unisex
Kanji spellings
The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.
光
- 光light, shine
輝
- 輝radiance, sparkle
晃
- 晃clear, dazzling light
Nicknames
How friends and family might shorten Hikaru. See the guide to -chan and -kun.
- ひかちゃんhika-chan
- ひかくんhika-kun
- ひかるちゃんhikaru-chan
- ひかるくんhikaru-kun
- ひーちゃんhi-chan
As a full name
In Japanese the surname comes first.