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Chinese symbol for “shimmer”

淡光
dàn guāng
shimmer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shimmer is 淡光 (dàn guāng), defined as: shimmer.

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Characters and stroke order

淡 dàn
watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 淡光.

WordPinyinMeaning
淡水dàn shuǐfreshwater
淡化dàn huàto water down; to play down
冷淡lěng dàncold; indifferent
平淡píng dànflat; dull
扯淡chě dànto talk nonsense
轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫)qīng miáo dàn xiě(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay
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 “shimmer”.

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.