Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Imjagpul (legacy data - reimport)
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光 guāng light
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A small lamp has been put on a pedestal - to serve as public light. A ghostly giant guards it with his entire gang. |
Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Kuang is composed of 火 huo fire above 人 jen man. The former used to be, the latter is now, its radical. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
光
guāng
light/ray/CL:道[dao4]/bright/only/merely/to use up
Phrases ending with the given character
偏piān
振zhèn
光guāng
polarization of light/polarized light
北北běi
极極jí
光光guāng
Northern lights/aurora borealis
反fǎn
射shè
光guāng
to reflect light/reflection/reflected light
可可kě
见見jiàn
光光guāng
visible light/light in optical spectrum
司司sī
马馬mǎ
光光guāng
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
周zhōu
有yǒu
光guāng
Zhou Youguang (1906-), PRC linguist, considered the father of Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音|汉语拼音[Han4 yu3 Pin1 yin1]
太太tài
阳陽yáng
光光guāng
sunlight
戚戚qī
继繼jì
光光guāng
Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
打dǎ
耳ěr
光guāng
to slap on the face/to box sb's ears
有yǒu
眼yǎn
光guāng
to have good taste
李lǐ
四sì
光guāng
Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
油yóu
光guāng
光guāng
glossy/gleaming/shiny (due to greasiness)/slick/greasy/oily
热熱rè
释釋shì
光光guāng
thermoluminescence
精jīng
打dǎ
光guāng
with absolutely nothing/completely broke
紫zǐ
外wài
光guāng
ultraviolet light
薄bó
瑞ruì
光guāng
Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006
陈陳chén
元元yuán
光光guāng
Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian