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Chinese symbol for “highlighter”

高光
gāo guāng
highlight (in a photo or painting); (cosmetics) highlighter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for highlighter is 高光 (gāo guāng), defined as: highlight (in a photo or painting); (cosmetics) highlighter.

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

高 gāo
tall, lofty; high, elevated
radical 189 ⾼ · 10 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 高光.

WordPinyinMeaning
最高zuì gāotallest; highest
提高tí gāoto raise; to increase
高兴 (高興)gāo xìnghappy; glad
高级 (高級)gāo jíhigh level; high grade
高度gāo dùheight; altitude
高中gāo zhōngsenior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué))
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 “highlighter”.

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.

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