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光
guāng
1. light
2. ray
3. CL:[[道<dào>]]
4. bright
5. only
6. merely
7. to use up
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

光
guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
HSK 4 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

X光
Xguāng
X-ray
三光
sānguāng
the sun, the moon, and the stars
不光
bùguāng
not the only one
亮光
liàngguāng
light
仰光
Yǎngguāng
Yangon (Rangoon), main city of south Myanmar (Burma), the national capital until November 2005, when the capital moved to Naypyidaw [[内比都]] or Pyinmana [[彬馬那]] [[彬马那]]
佛光
Fóguāng
Buddha's teachings
借光
jièguāng
Excuse me.
偏光
piānguāng
polarized light
光亮
guāngliàng
bright
光伏
guāngfú
photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
光光
guāngguāng
bright
光刻
guāngkè
photolithography
光合
guānghé
photosynthesis
光圈
guāngquān
aperture
光大
guāngdà
splendid
光子
guāngzǐ
photon (particle physics)
光学
guāngxué
optics
光山
Guāngshān
Guangshan county in Xinyang [[信陽|信阳]], Henan
光州
Guāngzhōu
Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan [[潢川<Huángchuān>]] in Xinyang [[信陽|信阳]], Henan
光年
guāngnián
light-year

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
289
Word Frequency Rank
459 of 84,292

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