Chinese Character Wiki
光

guāng

light

Pictograph of fire on top of a person.

Components
火 iconic component

火  Iconic component

huǒ

  

fire

卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Evolution

光 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
光 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
光 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
光 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
光 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

光  

guāng

light, brilliant, shine; only; light; ray; CL:道[dào]; bright; merely; to use up

Most common words with 光
Freq.
Word
Meaning

光

light

阳光

sunshine

时光

time

目光

sight

光临

to attend

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

輝 辉 耀

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

晃 恍 胱 觥 咣 桄

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

参 參

Remnant component in 2 characters (2 verified)

参 參

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʷˤaŋ

kwang

guāng

light, brightness


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 79.8654% of movies

406th most common character in movies

290th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5149

Shuowen

“光，明也。从火在人上，光明意也。，古文。炗，古文。”


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