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Chinese symbol for “luminous”

夜光
yè guāng
luminous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for luminous is 夜光 (yè guāng), defined as: luminous.

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

夜 yè
night, dark; under cover of night
radical 36 ⼣ · 8 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “luminous”

WordPinyinMeaning
皝huǎngluminous; bright hoary, white
皓hào(bound form) bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)
炳bǐngbright; brilliant
烁 (爍)shuòbright; luminous
明净 (明淨)míng jìngbright and clean; luminous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 夜光.

WordPinyinMeaning
夜晚yè wǎnnight; 个 (gè)
深夜shēn yèvery late at night
夜间 (夜間)yè jiānnighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
午夜wǔ yèmidnight
半夜bàn yèmidnight; in the middle of the night
夜里 (夜裡)yè liduring the night; at night
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 “luminous”.

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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