Memory phrase for the character: 光

光

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Meaning light, ray, bright, merely, to use up

Pronunciation

guāng

Explanation

Combination of fire 火 and legs 儿. The legs stand for transportability of the fire (i.e. in a lantern)

Mnemonic
 
The fire which can be transported stands for light.

Radicals

光 light, ray, bright
儿 legsSimplified from 兒 with the meaning 'son'. In the explanations used as 'two legs'.
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 Vocabulary

日光 rì guāng  sunlight
光谱 guāng pǔ  spectrum
激光 jī guāng  laser
仰光 Yǎng guāng  Yangon (Rangoon), main city of south Myanmar (Burma)
荧光屏 yíng guāng píng  fluorescent screen; TV screen
光芒 guāng máng  rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance
戚继光 Qī Jì guāng  Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
光秃秃 guāng tū tū  bald; bare
烛光 zhú guāng  candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
音乐光碟 yīn yuè guāng dié  music CD
隧道尽头的光亮 suì dào jìn tóu de guāng liàng  the light at the end of the tunnel
隧道尽头的光亮 suì dào jìn tóu de guāng liàng  

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