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輝く · godan verb (-ku)

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

Describes light sources or reflective surfaces giving off bright light. Covers physical shining, sparkling, and twinkling.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

Metaphorical use: a person's face or expression lights up with happiness, hope, or excitement. Often used with 顔, 目, or 笑顔.

〈物もの〉が輝かがやくfor something (a light source, surface) to shine or sparkle
夜よ空ぞらに星ほしが輝かがやいている。
Stars are shining in the night sky.
顔かおが輝かがやくfor someone's face to light up (with joy, excitement)
その知しらせを聞きいて彼かの女じょの顔かおが輝かがやいた。
Her face lit up when she heard the news.
目めが輝かがやくfor someone's eyes to sparkle (with hope or excitement)
新あたらしい自じ転てん車しゃを見みて子こ供どもの目めが輝かがやいた。
The child's eyes sparkled at the sight of the new bicycle.
〈事こと〉に輝かがやくto be crowned with (a title, victory)
彼かれは全ぜん国こく大たい会かいで優ゆう勝しょうに輝かがやいた。
He was crowned champion at the national tournament.

光ひかるN4sense 1
光る is the neutral word for emitting or reflecting light, while 輝く suggests a brighter, more radiant or emotionally positive shine.
きらめく sense 1
きらめく describes a flickering, dazzling sparkle often tied to movement, whereas 輝く can describe a steady, intense radiance.
光ひかり輝かがやく
輝く is the general, everyday verb for 'to shine/sparkle', while 光り輝く adds emphasis on intense, dazzling radiance.
映はえるN1
輝く describes something giving off a bright, dazzling light, whereas 映える focuses on how something appears beautiful in relation to its surroundings.

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照てるN2
輝く emphasizes dazzling brilliance and can be used figuratively (a shining career), whereas 照る is limited to literal sunlight or light shining, often in set weather phrases.
煌こう々こうN1
輝く is a general, everyday verb for shining or glittering, while 煌々 is a formal, literary adverb/adjective emphasizing intense, dazzling radiance.
キラキラN3
輝く is a broader, more literary verb for shining or radiating light, while キラキラ specifically evokes a twinkling, multi-point sparkle.

陰かげる sense 1
陰る means to grow dim or cloud over, the opposite of 輝く's bright shining or glowing.

The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 輝 is conventionally associated with radiance and shining.