Chinese symbol for “upbeat”
阳光
yáng guāng
Traditional: 陽光
sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for upbeat is 阳光 (yáng guāng), defined as: sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阳光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 太阳能 (太陽能) | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 阳台 (陽台) | yáng tái | variant of 阳台 (yáng tái) |
| 朝阳 (朝陽) | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “upbeat”.
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.