Chinese symbol for “photosynthesis”
光合作用
guāng hé zuò yòng
photosynthesis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for photosynthesis is 光合作用 (guāng hé zuò yòng), defined as: photosynthesis.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “photosynthesis”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光能合成 | guāng néng hé chéng | photosynthesis |
| 光化作用 | guāng huà zuò yòng | photochemical effect; photosynthesis |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 光合作用.
| 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 |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
See also: Japanese symbol for “photosynthesis”.
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.