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Chinese symbol for “backlight”

背光
bèi guāng
to have direct light blocked; to face away from the light source; (electronics) backlight

The closest CC-CEDICT match for backlight is 背光 (bèi guāng), defined as: to have direct light blocked; to face away from the light source; (electronics) backlight.

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Characters and stroke order

背 bèi
back, backside; to betray, to violate
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 背光.

WordPinyinMeaning
背景bèi jǐngbackground; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
背后 (背後)bèi hòubehind; at the back
违背 (違背)wéi bèito go against; to be contrary to
背叛bèi pànto betray
背包bēi bāoknapsack; rucksack
背面bèi miànthe back; the reverse side
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)

See also: Japanese symbol for “backlight”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.