# 陽 — sunlight; positive

陽 means “sunlight; positive”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ヨウ (you). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: sunlight; positive
- On'yomi: ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Seasons & weather

## How to remember 陽

Sun rays (昜) over the town (阝): sunlight.

Parts: 阝 town; hill · 昜 sun rays

## Don't confuse it with

[場](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/location/) · [揚](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hoist/) · [腸](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/intestines/) · [湯](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/hot-water/)

## More in the “Seasons & weather” set

[候](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/climate/) · [温](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/warm/) · [星](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/star/) · [晴](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/clear-weather/) · [陽](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/sunlight/) · [雪](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/snow/) · [雲](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/cloud/) · [暖](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/warm-weather/) · [氷](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ice/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/sunlight/. Last updated 2026-11-01.