炯けい々けい

Written forms

• 炯けい々けいUsage94%

  Standard kanji form for this literary expression.

• 烱けい々けいUsage6%
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form; 烱 is a variant of 炯.

• 炯けい炯けい

  Variant using the non-repetition kanji 炯; less common but still encountered.

• 烱けい烱けい
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form; 烱 is a variant of 炯.

Etymology

The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji 炯 and 烱 both carry the meaning 'bright, shining', and the reduplicated form emphasizes intensity. The word is used in classical and literary Japanese to describe a sharp, glaring light, especially of the eyes.