Chinese symbol for “illuminate”
点亮
diǎn liàng
Traditional: 點亮
to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for illuminate is 点亮 (diǎn liàng), defined as: to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “illuminate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 照亮 | zhào liàng | to illuminate; to light up |
| 挑明 | tiǎo míng | to illuminate; to open up (a topic) |
| 照 (炤) | zhào | variant of 照 (zhào); to shine |
| 照 | zhào | according to; in accordance with |
| 照明 | zhào míng | lighting; illumination |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 点亮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一点 (一點) | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 有点 (有點) | yǒu diǎn | a little |
| 特点 (特點) | tè diǎn | characteristic; trait; feature |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 月亮 | yuè liang | the moon |
| 亮相 | liàng xiàng | to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “illuminate”.
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.