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微光 (wēi guāng) — dim light; faint glow; glimmer

Definition

noun
dim lightfaint glowglimmer

Examples

  • 微光。
    Yè kōng zhōng yǒu yì sī wēi guāng zài shǎn shuò.
    There is a glimmer of faint light flickering in the night sky.
  • 微光。
    Là zhú de wēi guāng zhào liàng le fáng jiān de yì jiǎo.
    The candle's dim light illuminated a corner of the room.
  • 微光。
    Cóng mén fèng lǐ tòu chū yì lǚ wēi guāng.
    A faint ray of light seeped through the crack in the door.

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.

微wēifaint
光guānglight

微光 combines 微 (faint) and 光 (light) to describe a dim glow.

Characters in this word

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

The old form showed 𡵂 (a variant of 美, a person with long hair) and 攵 (a hand with a tool) splitting or combing hairs, hence minute; 微 later added 彳 to emphasize action.

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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.

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Appears in
Physics & Chemistry

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