Read Edit View history 光 guāng HSK3 light Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of fire on top of a person. Pinyin Separate values with commas guāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 光 Simp strokes 光 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 光 Simp strokes 光 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 光 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 461, 803 ], [ 511, 760 ], [ 498, 490 ], [ 495, 469 ], [ 477, 449 ] ], [ [ 293, 606 ], [ 372, 540 ], [ 382, 517 ] ], [ [ 696, 707 ], [ 717, 683 ], [ 724, 661 ], [ 639, 585 ], [ 578, 540 ] ], [ [ 167, 389 ], [ 219, 381 ], [ 390, 413 ], [ 757, 458 ], [ 808, 452 ], [ 847, 440 ] ], [ [ 385, 359 ], [ 406, 318 ], [ 369, 234 ], [ 334, 178 ], [ 247, 88 ], [ 174, 38 ], [ 113, 8 ] ], [ [ 514, 400 ], [ 543, 383 ], [ 564, 350 ], [ 551, 270 ], [ 545, 156 ], [ 556, 68 ], [ 571, 39 ], [ 613, 14 ], [ 667, 5 ], [ 759, 2 ], [ 846, 13 ], [ 902, 33 ], [ 912, 40 ], [ 914, 54 ], [ 915, 225 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 517 448 Q 541 721 558 764 Q 562 777 540 793 Q 501 815 475 820 Q 457 824 448 815 Q 439 806 448 790 Q 470 759 470 737 Q 477 601 470 441 C 469 411 514 418 517 448 Z", "M 298 572 Q 337 517 375 495 Q 391 491 402 505 Q 411 518 409 538 Q 397 589 316 613 L 315 614 Q 297 621 286 617 Q 279 616 281 602 Q 282 589 298 572 Z", "M 672 660 Q 656 636 576 548 Q 563 529 583 532 Q 634 556 717 605 Q 739 621 769 632 Q 794 642 783 664 Q 770 685 740 703 Q 713 721 698 718 Q 683 718 687 702 Q 690 680 672 660 Z", "M 550 412 Q 646 422 777 423 Q 850 423 856 433 Q 862 446 844 461 Q 789 500 747 492 Q 659 473 517 448 L 470 441 Q 331 422 169 400 Q 147 397 164 379 Q 179 364 198 359 Q 220 353 238 359 Q 388 401 506 408 L 550 412 Z", "M 368 357 Q 369 188 110 15 Q 100 8 107 4 Q 116 0 128 4 Q 189 22 244 57 Q 340 114 418 260 Q 431 284 449 306 Q 459 316 453 328 Q 447 340 416 362 Q 394 378 383 376 Q 368 373 368 357 Z", "M 962 51 Q 940 109 929 210 Q 926 229 918 234 Q 908 240 905 217 Q 889 93 870 69 Q 840 35 713 30 Q 644 30 614 41 Q 587 54 582 71 Q 570 104 573 190 Q 580 286 600 329 Q 615 363 593 383 Q 568 402 550 412 C 525 428 497 437 506 408 Q 528 339 526 299 Q 517 283 521 142 Q 521 43 564 10 Q 619 -32 817 -25 Q 907 -21 942 -2 Q 976 16 962 51 Z" ] } 6 strokes 光 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 450, 812 ], [ 513, 760 ], [ 490, 435 ] ], [ [ 287, 610 ], [ 396, 502 ] ], [ [ 693, 713 ], [ 732, 658 ], [ 577, 541 ] ], [ [ 164, 388 ], [ 735, 457 ], [ 853, 447 ] ], [ [ 377, 370 ], [ 408, 313 ], [ 332, 178 ], [ 238, 82 ], [ 112, 8 ] ], [ [ 514, 409 ], [ 563, 355 ], [ 548, 106 ], [ 594, 22 ], [ 747, 3 ], [ 906, 34 ], [ 921, 56 ], [ 914, 229 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M517,448C533,630 547,736 558,764C561,773 555,784 540,793C514,809 492,817 475,820C463,823 454,821 448,815C442,809 441,801 448,790C462,769 469,752 470,737C474,647 474,548 470,441C470,425 517,432 517,448Z", "M298,572C325,537 348,508 375,495C384,491 394,496 402,505C408,514 411,525 409,538C402,573 370,597 316,613C277,625 293,620 286,617C281,616 280,612 281,602C282,594 288,585 298,572Z", "M672,660C660,645 628,608 576,548C565,537 570,528 583,532C618,546 662,572 717,605C732,615 749,625 769,632C785,639 791,650 783,664C775,679 759,691 740,703C721,715 708,719 698,718C688,717 685,713 687,702C689,688 683,675 672,660Z", "M550,412C614,418 689,423 777,423C825,424 852,427 856,433C860,442 856,452 844,461C807,488 774,498 747,492C688,480 612,463 517,448C486,443 486,443 470,441C377,428 277,415 169,400C154,398 152,391 164,379C173,369 185,363 198,359C212,356 225,356 238,359C337,388 427,401 506,408C535,411 535,411 550,412Z", "M368,357C368,245 282,131 110,15C103,11 102,7 107,4C112,2 119,2 128,4C168,17 206,35 244,57C307,96 365,163 418,260C426,276 436,292 449,306C455,314 457,320 453,328C449,336 436,348 416,362C401,373 390,378 383,376C373,375 367,368 368,357Z", "M962,51C947,90 936,143 929,210C927,223 923,231 918,234C911,239 907,233 905,217C894,135 883,85 870,69C850,46 797,33 713,30C667,29 633,33 614,41C595,49 585,60 582,71C574,94 569,133 573,190C576,255 586,301 600,329C610,352 608,371 593,383C576,397 562,406 550,412C537,420 501,422 506,408C520,362 527,318 526,299C525,287 519,236 521,142C522,76 535,32 564,10C600,-18 685,-30 817,-25C877,-22 918,-14 942,-2C964,11 971,28 962,51Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.