发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发光
fāguāng
to glow, to emit light
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 深海生物会发光，是为了吸引猎物或躲避天敌。 Shēnhǎi shēngwù huì fāguāng, shì wèile xīyǐn lièwù huò duǒbì tiāndí. Deep-sea creatures emit light in order to attract prey or avoid natural enemies.
- 夜里，萤火虫在草丛中发光，像一颗颗小星星。 Yè lǐ, yínghuǒchóng zài cǎocóng zhōng fāguāng, xiàng yì kē kē xiǎo xīngxing. At night, fireflies glow in the grass like tiny stars.
- 这块石头在黑暗里会发光，孩子们觉得很神奇。 Zhè kuài shítou zài hēi'àn lǐ huì fāguāng, háizimen juéde hěn shénqí. This stone glows in the dark, and the children find it magical.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech