光 — Chinese character
光
guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- Pinyin
- guāng
- Radical
- 10 ⼉ (Legs)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 兀
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 儿 carrying a torch 火
- Japanese
- 光 as a kanji
Common words with 光
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 曝光 | bào guāng | to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal) |
| 时光 (時光) | shí guāng | time (esp. as sth that passes) |
| 光明 | guāng míng | light; radiance |
| 目光 | mù guāng | gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look |
| 观光 (觀光) | guān guāng | to tour; sightseeing |
| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze; insight |
| 光荣 (光榮) | guāng róng | honor and glory; glorious |
| 光辉 (光輝) | guāng huī | radiance; glory |
| 灯光 (燈光) | dēng guāng | (stage) lighting; light |
| 激光 | jī guāng | laser |
| 发光 (發光) | fā guāng | to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous |
English words written with 光
光 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 52
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 56
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 58
- Hexagram 5
- Hexagram 20
- Hexagram 64
- Mencius 1B.5
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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