发亮 (fā liàng) — (verb) to shine; to give off light; to become b…

Definition

Verb meaning 'to shine, give off light' (eyes, stars, polished metal). Often used in literary or descriptive writing rather than everyday speech.

verb

to shineto give off lightto become bright

。
Zhè ge dēng pào yǐ jīng fā bù chū liàng le.
This light bulb can no longer give off light.
。
Tài yáng zài dōng fāng fā le yí cì liàng.
The sun shone once in the east.
，发亮。
Yè kōng zhōng, xīng xing jìng jìng de fā liàng.
In the night sky, the stars shine quietly.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

发 and 亮 combine to mean emit brightness, so something shines.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

人人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

京

京jīng亮liàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

亮 combines 人 (person) with 京, and the 京 part shows a tower body.