Chinese symbol for “sunlight”
日光
rì guāng
sunlight
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sunlight is 日光 (rì guāng), defined as: sunlight.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sunlight”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太阳光 (太陽光) | tài yáng guāng | sunlight |
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 辰光 | chén guāng | sunlight; (Wu dialect) time of the day |
| 化日 | huà rì | sunlight; daytime |
| 曦 | xī | (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 日光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今日 | jīn rì | today |
| 日子 | rì zi | day; a (calendar) date |
| 日常 | rì cháng | day-to-day; daily; everyday |
| 日报 (日報) | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 每日 | měi rì | daily; (soup etc) of the day |
| 日期 | rì qī | date |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 曝光 | bào guāng | to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sunlight”.
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.