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Chinese symbol for “refraction”

折光
zhé guāng
refraction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for refraction is 折光 (zhé guāng), defined as: refraction.

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Characters and stroke order

折 zhé
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “refraction”

WordPinyinMeaning
折射zhé shèto refract; refraction

Related words

Other words that share a character with 折光.

WordPinyinMeaning
折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
挫折cuò zhésetback; reverse
折腾 (折騰)zhē tengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again
曲折qū zhéwinding; (fig.) complicated
折扣zhé kòudiscount
转折 (轉折)zhuǎn zhéshift in the trend of events; turnaround
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 “refraction”.

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.