光 guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- ⺌ small 兀 weak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
光线
guāngxiàn
light
Characters in this word
线 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 光线太暗。 Guāngxiàn tài àn. The light is too dim.
- 这里光线好。 Zhèlǐ guāngxiàn hǎo. The light here is good.
- 光线进来了。 Guāngxiàn jìn lái le. The light came in.