Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 光


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Meaning

light, ray, bright, merely, to use up

Pronunciation

guāng

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

The fire which can be transported stands for light.

Radicals

light, ray, bright
legs(Simplified from 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

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