火光 (huǒ guāng) — flame, blaze

Definition

noun
flameblaze
Measure word · 道

Examples

  • 火光,。
    Yuǎn chù chuán lái yí zhèn huǒ guāng, dà jiā dōu xià le yí tiào.
    A blaze came from afar, and everyone was startled.
  • ,火光。
    Hēi àn zhōng, huǒ guāng xiǎn de gé wài míng liàng.
    In the darkness, the flame appeared especially bright.
  • 火光,。
    Xiāo fáng yuán chōng jìn huǒ guāng, jiù chū le bèi kùn de hái zi.
    The firefighters rushed into the blaze and rescued the trapped child.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

火 “fire” and 光 “light” combine to mean the light or flame of fire.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →

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.

Open 光 →

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