Chinese symbol for “glimmer”
微光
wēi guāng
glimmer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glimmer is 微光 (wēi guāng), defined as: glimmer.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “glimmer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荧 (熒) | yíng | a glimmer; glimmering |
| 荧荧 (熒熒) | yíng yíng | a glimmer; twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight) |
| 熠烁 (熠爍) | yì shuò | to twinkle; to glimmer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 微光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 稍微 | shāo wēi | a little bit |
| 轻微 (輕微) | qīng wēi | slight; light |
| 微生物 | wēi shēng wù | microorganism |
| 微型 | wēi xíng | miniature; micro-; tiny |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 曝光 | bào guāng | to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glimmer”.
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.