光 (guāng): meaning and stroke order
光 (guāng) means light; ray (CL:道), bright; shiny, only; merely, used up; finished.
光
- Simplified
- 光
- Traditional
- 光 (same form)
- Pinyin
- guāng
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Stroke order of 光
光
- guāng light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 光
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guāng
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4])
- bright; shiny
- only; merely
- used up; finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
Radical and structure
- 光
- Radical 儿 (Kangxi radical 10) · 6 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 光
- 阳光 yáng guāng sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
- 目光 mù guāng gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look
- 月光 yuè guāng moonlight
- 光滑 guāng huá glossy; sleek; smooth
- 光绪 Guāng xù reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
- 光芒 guāng máng rays of light; brilliant rays
- 阳光房 yáng guāng fáng sunroom
- 闪光灯 shǎn guāng dēng flash bulb (photography)
- 不光 bù guāng not the only one; not only
光 in our stories
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那时候他们穷得连空调都装不起，夏天光着膀子写程序，饿了就泡一碗方便面分着吃。
nà shíhou tāmen qióng de lián kōngtiáo dōu zhuāng bù qǐ xiàtiān guāng zhe bǎngzi xiě chéngxù è le jiù pào yì wǎn fāngbiànmiàn fēn zhe chī
Back then they were too poor even for air conditioning. In summer they coded shirtless, and when they were hungry they shared a bowl of instant noodles.
From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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龙王听说后很不高兴：鱼都被打光了，我的水族怎么办？
Lóngwáng tīngshuō hòu hěn bù gāoxìng yú dōu bèi dǎ guāng le wǒ de shuǐzú zěnme bàn
When the Dragon King heard this he was most displeased: if all the fish are caught, what becomes of my water creatures?
From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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凌晨两点，他们从最后一个营地出发。头灯的光在黑暗中连成一条线，每走一步，都要大口喘三口气。
língchén liǎng diǎn tāmen cóng zuìhòu yí gè yíngdì chūfā tóudēng de guāng zài hēi'àn zhōng lián chéng yì tiáo xiàn měi zǒu yí bù dōu yào dàkǒu chuǎn sān kǒu qì
At two in the morning they set out from the last camp. The headlamps formed a line of light in the darkness, and every step took three great gasps of breath.
From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 光
- The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).