Chinese symbol for “spectrum”
光谱
guāng pǔ
Traditional: 光譜
spectrum
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spectrum is 光谱 (guāng pǔ), defined as: spectrum.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “spectrum”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波谱 (波譜) | bō pǔ | spectrum |
| 谱 (譜) | pǔ | chart; list |
| 频谱 (頻譜) | pín pǔ | frequency spectrum; spectrum |
| 谱系 (譜系) | pǔ xì | (lit. and fig.) genealogy; lineage; spectrum (esp. in autism terminology) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 光谱.
| 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 |
| 食谱 (食譜) | shí pǔ | cookbook; recipe |
| 离谱 (離譜) | lí pǔ | inappropriate; improper; out of place |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spectrum”.
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.