Chinese symbol for “photosynthetic”

光合

guāng hé

(bound form) photosynthetic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for photosynthetic is 光合 (guāng hé), defined as: (bound form) photosynthetic.

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Characters and stroke order

光 guāng

light; bright, brilliant; only, merely

radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

合 hé

to combine, to join, to unite; to gather

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 光合.

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

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.