光照 (guāng zhào) — light, illumination; beam (of light) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lightilluminationbeam (of light)

Examples

光照。
Zhí wù xū yào chōng zú de guāng zhào cái néng shēng zhǎng.
Plants need sufficient light to grow.
光照。
Shè yǐng shí yào zhù yì guāng zhào de jiǎo dù.
When taking photos, pay attention to the angle of the light.
光照。
Yí dào qiáng liè de guāng zhào cóng chuāng hu zhào jìn lái.
A strong beam of light came in through the window.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

光 is light, and 照 is the action of shining, so the word means illumination or a beam.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

火火huǒfire
卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

灬昭照

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

昭

昭zhāo照zhào

Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

Appears in

Physics & Chemistry

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