Chinese symbol for “halo”
光晕
guāng yùn
Traditional: 光暈
halo; (photography) halation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for halo is 光晕 (guāng yùn), defined as: halo; (photography) halation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “halo”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光环 (光環) | guāng huán | ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor |
| 晕 (暈) | yùn | dizzy; halo |
| 光圈 | guāng quān | aperture; diaphragm |
| 灵光 (靈光) | líng guāng | divine light (around the Buddha); a halo |
| 日月晕 (日月暈) | rì yuè yùn | halo; ring of light around the sun or moon |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 光晕.
| 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 |
| 头晕 (頭暈) | tóu yūn | dizzy |
| 晕倒 (暈倒) | yūn dǎo | to faint; to swoon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “halo”.
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.