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Chinese symbol for “dimmer”

调光器
tiáo guāng qì
Traditional: 調光器
dimmer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dimmer is 调光器 (tiáo guāng qì), defined as: dimmer.

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Characters and stroke order

调 tiáo
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes
器 qì
device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 调光器.

WordPinyinMeaning
调查 (調查)diào cháinvestigation; inquiry
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress
调整 (調整)tiáo zhěngto adjust; to revise; to reorganize
协调 (協調)xié tiáoto coordinate; to harmonize
调节 (調節)tiáo jiéto adjust; to regulate
空调 (空調)kōng tiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)
武器wǔ qìweapon; arms

See also: Japanese symbol for “dimmer”.

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.