光(guāng)

HSK 36 strokes

light

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Character information

Pinyin
guāng
Meaning
light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 光 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺌兀

A person 儿 carrying a torch 火

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

⺌兀wù

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 光 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 光

Common words using 光 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bù不guāng光
HSK 3

not the only one; not only

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sān三guāng光

the sun, the moon, and the stars

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rǔ乳guāng光

(mineralogy, physics) opalescence

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yī一sǎo扫ér而guāng光

see 一扫而空

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wǔ五guāng光shí十sè色

(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy

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liàng亮guāng光

light

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yǎng仰guāng光

Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006

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fó佛guāng光

Buddha's teachings

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From 光’s common words

不三乳一扫而五十

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