光
light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #95 U+5149
How 光 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 儿 carrying a torch 火
How to remember it
ray · Heisig RSH #130
小 small + human legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 光 as their sound component
These characters all use 光 (guāng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光 sound component | guāng | light; bright, brilliant; only, merely |
| 晃 | huàng | bright, dazzling; to shake, to sway |
| 恍 | huǎng | absent-minded; distracted; indistinct; seemingly |
| 胱 | guāng | bladder |
| 觥 | gōng | a horn of wine |
| 桄 | guàng | coir-palm; ladder rung |
| 咣 | guāng | onomatopoetic, a crash or bang |
Words containing 光
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光山县 | Guāng shān Xiàn | Guangshan, a county in Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 光电子 | guāng diàn zǐ | photoelectron |
| 不光 | bù guāng | not the only one; not only |
| 光化学 | guāng huà xué | photochemistry |
| 光大 | guāng dà | splendid; magnificent; abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行[Zhong1 guo2 Guang1 da4 Yin2 hang2], China E… |
| 光子 | guāng zǐ | photon (particle physics) |
| 光山 | Guāng shān | see 光山縣|光山县[Guang1 shan1 Xian4] |
| 光头 | guāng tóu | shaven head; bald head; to go bareheaded; hatless |
| 光学 | guāng xué | optics |
| 生光 | shēng guāng | to emit light |
| 光天化日 | guāng tiān huà rì | the full light of day (idiom); fig. peace and prosperity; in broad daylight |
| 花光 | huā guāng | to spend all one's money |
| 光气 | guāng qì | phosgene COCl2, aka carbonyl chloride, a poisonous gas |
| 东光县 | Dōng guāng Xiàn | Dongguang, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 光电 | guāng diàn | photoelectric |
| 电光 | diàn guāng | light produced by electricity; (esp.) lightning flash; (textiles) glossy finish |
| 光明区 | Guāng míng Qū | Guangming, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 分光 | fēn guāng | (prefix) spectro- |
| 高光 | gāo guāng | highlight (in a photo or painting); (cosmetics) highlighter |
| 明光市 | Míng guāng Shì | Mingguang, a county-level city in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui |