光

See also: 灮

Translingual

Han character

光 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火一山 (FMU), four-corner 9021₁, composition ⿱⺌兀)

Derived characters

• 硄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1350
• Dae Jaweon: page 262, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 266, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5149

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		光
alternative forms		㫕 灮 炗 炚 炛 㫕 灮 炗 炚 炛 烡 𠈑 𤉭 𤎫 𤐥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 光
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j23048 j23049 j23050 j23051 j23052 j23053 j23054 j23055 j23056 j23057 j23058 j23059 j23060 j23061 j23062 Bronze inscriptions b14861 b14862 b14863 b14864 b14865 b14866 b14867 b14868 b14869 b14870 b14871 b14872 b14873 b14874 b14875 b14876 b14877 b14878 b14879 b14880 b14881 b14882 Small seal script s07367 Transcribed ancient scripts L32956 L32957 L32958 L32959 L32960 L32961 L32962 L10093 L10094 L10095 L10096 L10097 L10098 L10099 L10100 L10101 L10102 L10103 L10104 L10105 L10106 L10107 L10108 L10109 L10110 L10111 L10112 L10113
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (光) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
光	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
灮	*kʷaːŋ
洸	*kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
桄	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
胱	*kʷaːŋ
垙	*kʷaːŋ
輄	*kʷaːŋ
恍	*kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪	*kʷaːŋ
侊	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
晃	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥	*kʷraːŋ
駫	*kʷeːŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”) – fire over a person's head, emphasizing the shining of light (Shuowen).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“shine; bright; yellow”). Cognate with 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “yellow”), 曠 (OC *kʰʷaːŋs, “bright; well-lit”), Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “bright”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guāng, guǎng (guang¹, guang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ, ㄍㄨㄤˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guang¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуон (guon, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): guong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): guong¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): guon¹
• Northern Min (KCR): guáng
• Eastern Min (BUC): guŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kng / kuiⁿ / kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹ / guang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kuaon; ¹kuan
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): guan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese; Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guang
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹
    • Yale: gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guang
    • Palladius: гуан (guan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang³
    • Yale: gwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goang
    • Palladius: гуан (guan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

Note: guǎng - "only".

• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: guang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуон (guon, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwong¹
    • Yale: gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɔŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: guong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kuɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: guon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuɒ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng
    • Tâi-lô: kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen): /kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /kŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /kuĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /kuĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• kng/kuiⁿ - vernacular;
• kong - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: geng¹ / guang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng / kuang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/, /kuaŋ³³/

Note:

• geng1 - vernacular;
• guang1 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kuaon; ¹kuan
    • MiniDict: kuaon^平; kuan^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuaan; ¹kuan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuɑ̃⁵³/, /kuã⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯an³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 光
Mandarin	Beijing	/kuɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kuaŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kuɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/kuaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kuaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kuaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kuaŋ²¹/ ～頭 /kuaŋ²⁴/ 副詞
	Xining	/kuɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kuɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/kuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/kuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/kuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/kuã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/kuaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/kuɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kuɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kuɑŋ¹³/ /kuə¹³/ ～油油
	Hohhot	/kuɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/kuɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/kuɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/kuɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/kuɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ko³¹/
	Tunxi	/kau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kuan³³/
	Xiangtan	/kɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/kuɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kuoŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/koŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kwɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/kɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kwɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kɔŋ⁵⁵/ /kŋ̍⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kuoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kuaŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kuaŋ³³/ /kɯŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kuaŋ²³/ /kue²³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwang

Rime
Character	光
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古黃切
Baxter	kwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋ/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	光
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guāng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwang ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaŋ/
English	light, brightness
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	光
Reading #	1/2
No.	4506
Phonetic component	光
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋ/
Notes	灮隸變

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 光

1. light; beam; ray (Classifier: 束 m; 道 m)

   • 一束光透過門縫射進來。 [MSC, trad.]
     一束光透过门缝射进来。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yī shù guāng tòuguò ménféng shè jìnlái. [Pinyin]

     A beam of light shone through the door.

2. glory; pride

   台灣之光／台湾之光  ―  Táiwān zhī guāng  ―  the pride of Taiwan; someone who has brought glory to Taiwan

3. bright

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4. shiny
5. to make bare; to be naked

   光著腳走路／光着脚走路  ―  guāngzhe jiǎo zǒulù  ―  to walk barefoot

   我光著呢。／我光着呢。  ―  Wǒ guāngzhe ne.  ―  I'm not decent.

6. only

   • 別光吃肉，吃點蔬菜吧。 [MSC, trad.]
     别光吃肉，吃点蔬菜吧。 [MSC, simp.]

     Bié guāng chī ròu, chī diǎn shūcài ba. [Pinyin]

     Don't eat only meat. Eat some vegetables.

7. Particle used after verbs to show exhaustion or completion. until none is left

   賣光了／卖光了  ―  mài guāng le  ―  completely sold out

   • 我已經用光了所有的錢 [MSC, trad.]
     我已经用光了所有的钱 [MSC, simp.]

     wǒ yǐjīng yòngguāng le suǒyǒu de qián [Pinyin]

     I've already used up all of my money

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 亮 (“bright”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		明, 亮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		亮, 光亮
Mandarin	Beijing	亮
	Taiwan	亮
	Yantai (Muping)	亮
	Jinan	亮
	Xi'an	亮
	Yinchuan	亮
	Wuhan	亮, 光
	Chengdu	亮
	Guiyang	亮
	Guilin	亮
	Yangzhou	亮
	Nanjing	亮
	Hefei	亮
	Malaysia	亮
	Singapore	亮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	光
	Hong Kong	光
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	皓
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	光
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	皓
	Taishan	皓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	光
	Dongguan	光, 皓
	Yangjiang	光
	Nanning	光
	Danzhou	光
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	光
Gan	Nanchang	亮
	Pingxiang	光
Hakka	Meixian	光
	Xingning	光
	Huiyang	光
	Huidong (Daling)	光
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	光
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	光
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	光
	Wengyuan	光
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	光
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	光
	Liannan	光
	Jiexi	光
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	光
	Changting	光
	Wuping	光
	Wuping (Yanqian)	光
	Wuping (Pingyu)	光
	Liancheng	光
	Ninghua	光
	Yudu	光
	Ningdu	光
	Ruijin	光
	Shicheng	光
	Shangyou (Shexi)	光
	Tonggu (Sandu)	光
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	光
	Dayu	光
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	光
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	光
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	光
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	光
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	光
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	光
	Hong Kong	光
	Mengshan (Xihe)	光
	Luchuan	光
	Senai (Huiyang)	光
	Kuching (Hepo)	亮, 光
Huizhou	Jixi	亮
Jin	Taiyuan	亮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	光
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	光
	Changle	光
	Fuqing	光
	Yongtai	光
	Gutian	光
	Fu'an	光
	Ningde	光
	Shouning	光
	Zhouning	光
	Fuding	光
Southern Min	Xiamen	光
	Quanzhou	光
	Zhangzhou	光
	Taipei	光
	Kaohsiung	光
	Yilan	光
	Changhua (Lukang)	光
	Taichung	光
	Taichung (Wuqi)	光
	Tainan	光
	Taitung	光
	Hsinchu	光
	Penghu (Magong)	光
	Penang (Hokkien)	光
	Manila (Hokkien)	光
	Chaozhou	光
	Shantou	光, 亮
	Jieyang	光
	Bangkok (Teochew)	光
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	光
	Leizhou	光
	Wenchang	光
	Haikou	光
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	亮
Wu	Shanghai	亮
	Suzhou	亮
	Hangzhou	亮
	Wenzhou	光
Xiang	Changsha	亮, 光
	Shuangfeng	亮, 光
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàng (guang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang⁴
    • Yale: gwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanq
    • Palladius: гуан (guan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwangH

Rime
Character	光
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古曠切
Baxter	kwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋH/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	光
Reading #	2/2
No.	4517
Phonetic component	光
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	桄
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 光

1. ^‡ to color

Further reading

• “Entry #2065”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

光

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: ひかり (hikari, 光, Jōyō); ひかる (hikaru, 光る, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); てる (teru); ひこ (hiko); み (mi); みつ (mitsu)

Compounds

• 竹光(たけみつ) (takemitsu)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
光
ひかり Grade: 2
kun’yomi

⟨pi₁kari⟩ → */pʲikari/ → /ɸikari/ → /hikari/

From Old Japanese.

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 光る (hikaru, “to shine, to glitter, to gleam”).

Noun

光(ひかり) • (hikari) 

1. a physically perceived light:
   1. a light, beam, illumination
   2. a gleam, glow, ray
   3. a glimmer, shine, sparkle

      ダイヤモンドの光(ひかり)

      daiyamondo no hikari

      a diamond's glitter / shine / twinkling

   4. a luster/lustre, polish, sheen
2. a metaphorical light:
   1. glory, influence, power
   2. a glimmer, gleam

      前途(ぜんと)に光(ひかり)を失(うしな)う

      zento ni hikari o ushinau

      to lose light regarding the future → future prospects grow dim

      解決(かいけつ)への道(みち)に光(ひかり)を投(な)げかける

      kaiketsu e no michi ni hikari o nagekakeru

      to shed light on the way to a solution

   3. a displaying, putting on airs
   4. a vision, eyesight
3. (optics) relating to light or vision: optical, photo-

   光(ひかり)ファイバー

   hikari faibā

   optical fiber

4. (colloquial) Short for 光り物 (hikarimono): sashimi with some of the silver-colored skin left

Citations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:光.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ぴかぴか (pikapika)
• ぴかり (glitteringly, sparklingly)
• 光(ひかり)カード (hikari kādo, “optical card”)
• 光(ひかり)コンピュータ (hikari konpyūta, “optical computer”)
• 光(ひかり)ディスク (hikari disuku, “optical disc”)
• 光(ひかり)通信(つうしん) (hikari tsūshin, “optical communication”)
• 光(ひかり)通信(つうしん)ケーブル (hikari tsūshin kēburu, “optical communication cable, fiberoptic cable”)
• 光(ひかり)ファイバー (hikari faibā, “optical fiber”)
• 光(ひかり)伝道度(でんどうど) (hikari dendōdo, “photoconductivity”)
• 光(ひかり)分解(ぶんかい) (hikari bunkai, “optical degradation, photodegradation”)
• 稲(いな)光(びかり) (inabikari)
• 死(し)に光(びかり) (shinibikari)
• 七(なな)光(ひかり) (nanahikari)
• 蛍(ほたる)の光(ひかり) (Hotaru no Hikari)

Idioms

• 蛍(ほたる)の光(ひかり)窓(まど)の雪(ゆき) (hotaru no hikari mado no yuki, “firefly's dim light, snow reflected on the window → diligent study”)

Descendants

• → Okinawan: 光 (fikari)

Proper noun

光(ひかり) • (Hikari) 

1. a placename, such as that of a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture
2. one of the bullet train services running on the 東海道 (Tōkaido) or 山陽 (San'yō) shinkansen
4. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
光
ひか(る) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Nominalization of the verb 光る (hikaru, “to shine, to glitter, to gleam”).

Proper noun

光(ひかる) • (Hikaru) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
光
こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

/kʷau/ → /kʷɔː/ → /kɔː/ → /koː/

From Middle Chinese 光 (MC kwang).

Compare modern Mandarin 光 (guāng), Hakka 光 (kông), and Min Nan 光 (kong).

Affix

光(こう) • (kō) ^{←くわう (kwau)?}

1. light, gleam, shine
2. gleaming, shining
3. scenery
4. glory, honor/honour, pride
5. enlightening
6. exhaust, run out

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 光陰(こういん) (kōin)
• 光栄(こうえい) (kōei)
• 光(こう)輝(き) (kōki)
• 光景(こうけい) (kōkei)
• 光沢(こうたく) (kōtaku)
• 光線(こうせん) (kōsen)
• 光明(こうみょう) (kōmyō)
• 光明(こうめい) (kōmei)
• 光来(こうらい) (kōrai)
• 光臨(こうりん) (kōrin)
• 威(い)光(こう) (ikō)
• 栄光(えいこう) (eikō)
• 観光(かんこう) (kankō)
• 眼光(がんこう) (gankō)
• 月光(げっこう) (gekkō)
• 後(ご)光(こう) (gokō)
• 採光(さいこう) (saikō)
• 消光(しょうこう) (shōkō)
• 閃光(せんこう) (senkō)
• 電光(でんこう) (denkō)
• 日光(にっこう) (nikkō)
• 発光(はっこう) (hakkō)
• 風光(ふうこう) (fūkō)
• 目光(もっこう) (mokkō)
• 夜(や)光(こう) (yakō)

Proper noun

光(こう) • (Kō) ^{←くわう (kwau)?}

1. a male or female given name

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Korean

Hanja

光 (eumhun 빛 광 (bit gwang))

1. light

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Okinawan

Kanji

光

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku)
• Kun: ふぃちゃい (fichai, 光); ふぃちゃゆん (fichayun, 光ゆん)

Compounds

• 夜光貝 (yakugē)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
光
ふぃちゃい Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese 光 (hikari).

The stem form of verb 光ゆん (fichayun, “to shine, gleam”).

Pronunciation

• ふぃちゃい [fìcháí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸit͡ɕai]

Noun

光(ふぃちゃい) (fichai) 

1. light
2. lush, polish, sheen

Derived terms

• 月ぬ光 (chichi nu fichai)
• 日ぬ光 (fī nu fichai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
光
ふぃかり Grade: 2

Borrowed from Japanese 光 (hikari).

Doublet of 光 (fichai) above.

Pronunciation

• ふぃかり [fìkárí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸikaɾi]

Noun

光(ふぃかり) (fikari) 

1. light
2. (rare, obsolete) authority, power, influence, honor

Derived terms

• う光 (ufikari)

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Old Japanese

Etymology

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 光る (pi₁karu, “to shine, to glitter, to gleam”).

Noun

光 (pi₁kari) (kana ひかり)

1. a light

Citations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:光.

Descendants

• Japanese: 光 (hikari)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 光 (quang)

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