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Chinese symbol for “fluorescence”

荧光
yíng guāng
Traditional: 熒光
fluorescence; fluorescent light

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fluorescence is 荧光 (yíng guāng), defined as: fluorescence; fluorescent light.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

荧 yíng
to shine, to shimmer; shining, dazzling
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fluorescence”

WordPinyinMeaning
荧 (熒)yínga glimmer; glimmering

Related words

Other words that share a character with 荧光.

WordPinyinMeaning
荧幕 (熒幕)yíng mùTV screen
荧屏 (熒屏)yíng píngfluorescent screen; TV screen
荧光灯 (熒光燈)yíng guāng dēnga fluorescent light; a fluorescent lamp
荧惑 (熒惑)yíng huòto bewilder; to dazzle and confuse
荧光屏 (熒光屏)yíng guāng píngfluorescent screen; screen (of a TV or monitor etc)
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)
时光 (時光)shí guāngtime (esp. as sth that passes)

See also: Japanese symbol for “fluorescence”.

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.