阳光 yángguāng

HSK level

Traditional form

陽光

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

阳 yáng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

The traditional characters 陰 yīn (Yin) and 陽 yáng (Yang) were simplified to 阴 Yīn and 阳 yáng . In Chinese philosophy, the moon (月 yuè ) corresponds to Yin (阴 Yīn ) and the sun (日 Rì ) corresponds to Yang (阳 yáng ).

Positional decomposition

⿰阝日

Number of Strokes

光 guāng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of fire on top of a person.

Positional decomposition

⿱⺌兀

Number of Strokes

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植物 zhíwù 的 de 本性 běn xìng 是 shì 向 Xiàng 上 shǎng 挺 tǐng 窜 cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .

It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.

在 zài 强烈 qiángliè 的 de 阳光 yángguāng 下 xià ,她 tā 的 de 眼睛 yǎnjing 眯 mí 了 le 起来 qǐlai .

Her eyes were puckered up against the strong sunlight.

阳光 yángguāng 照 zhào 到 dào 窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí 上 shǎng ,又 yòu 反射 fǎnshè 到 dào 他 tā 身上 shēn shang .

The sun caught the panes and flashed back at him.

云 yún 使 shǐ 阳光 yángguāng 漫射.

Clouds cause the diffusion of light from the sun.

早晨 zǎo chén 明亮 míng liàng 的 de 阳光 yángguāng 照得 zhào dé 他 tā 睁不开眼 yǎn .

The bright morning sun dazzled him.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 阳光 yángguāng and their own compounds.

阳 yáng

日 Rì , 阝 yì

光 guāng

一 yī , 儿 ér , 小 xiǎo

See all 35 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 阳光 yángguāng in their composition.

阳 yáng

光 guāng

晃 huǎng

幌 huǎng , 榥 huǎng , 滉 huǎng , 熀 huǎng , 鎤 huǎng , 愰, 皩, 縨

耀 yào , 辉 huī , 恍 huǎng , 胱 guāng , 咣 guāng , 侊, 觥 gōng , 晄 huǎng , 桄 guāng , 洸 guāng , 珖 guāng , 皝 huǎng , 絖 kuàng , 銧 guāng , 兤, 垙, 姯, 尡, 挄, 硄, 茪, 輄, 輝 huī , 靗, 韑, 駫, 黋