A lighting structure configured for a meter device, comprising: a dial; a rotating shaft having a light transmitting property, which is provided in a back surface side of the dial and configured to rotate by receiving a turning force or torque from a motor; a light transmitting pointer and a light transmitting pointer shaft configured to rotate along a surface of the dial in accordance with a rotation of the rotating shaft to indicate various kinds of information; and a light source configured to output the illuminating lights incident on a base end part of the rotating shaft, wherein the pointer shaft includes a first laterally light-dispersing unit formed with a recessed part, the light transmitting pointer shaft has a hole formed in a base end part into which an end part of the rotating shaft is inserted and fixed; and a light-blocking cap (C,C',C") is attached to a top surface of the pointer to prevent illuminating lights from leaking outside the pointer from the top surface, wherein the recessed part of the first laterally light-dispersing unit is recessed toward the light source in an end part over the hole formed in the base end part of the light transmitting pointer shaft, characterized in that the light transmitting pointer is provided integrally with the light transmitting pointer shaft, and the first laterally light-dispersing unit of the pointer shaft is configured to disperse a part of the illuminating lights incident on the pointer shaft toward the dial, and the rotating shaft includes a second laterally light-dispersing unit formed with a recessed part recessed toward the light source in an end surface of the end part of the rotating shaft. a dial; a rotating shaft having a light transmitting property, which is provided in a back surface side of the dial and configured to rotate by receiving a turning force or torque from a motor; a light transmitting pointer and a light transmitting pointer shaft configured to rotate along a surface of the dial in accordance with a rotation of the rotating shaft to indicate various kinds of information; and a light source configured to output the illuminating lights incident on a base end part of the rotating shaft, wherein the pointer shaft includes a first laterally light-dispersing unit formed with a recessed part, the light transmitting pointer shaft has a hole formed in a base end part into which an end part of the rotating shaft is inserted and fixed; and a light-blocking cap (C,C',C") is attached to a top surface of the pointer to prevent illuminating lights from leaking outside the pointer from the top surface, wherein the recessed part of the first laterally light-dispersing unit is recessed toward the light source in an end part over the hole formed in the base end part of the light transmitting pointer shaft, characterized in that the light transmitting pointer is provided integrally with the light transmitting pointer shaft, and the first laterally light-dispersing unit of the pointer shaft is configured to disperse a part of the illuminating lights incident on the pointer shaft toward the dial, and the rotating shaft includes a second laterally light-dispersing unit formed with a recessed part recessed toward the light source in an end surface of the end part of the rotating shaft.