Chinese symbol for “illumination”
光照
guāng zhào
illumination
The closest CC-CEDICT match for illumination is 光照 (guāng zhào), defined as: illumination.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “illumination”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光线 (光線) | guāng xiàn | light ray; 条 (tiáo),道 (dào) |
| 照明 | zhào míng | lighting; illumination |
| 启示 (啟示) | qǐ shì | to reveal; to enlighten |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 光照.
| 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 |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 按照 | àn zhào | according to; in accordance with; on the basis of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “illumination”.
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.