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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 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 “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.