激 jī
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 敫 ancient musical instrument
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
激光
jīguāng
laser
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
- 激光雷达可在浓雾中捕捉道路轮廓，为自动驾驶提供冗余数据。 Jīguāng léidá kě zài nóngwù zhōng bǔzhuō dàolù lúnkuò, wèi zìdòng jiàshǐ tígōng róngyú shùjù. LiDAR can capture road contours in thick fog, providing redundant data for autonomous driving.
- 医生用激光治疗，伤口小，恢复得快。 Yīshēng yòng jīguāng zhìliáo, shāngkǒu xiǎo, huīfù de kuài. Doctors use laser treatment — the wound is small and heals quickly.
- 演唱会现场的激光灯把整个大厅照得五颜六色。 Yǎnchànghuì xiànchǎng de jīguāng dēng bǎ zhěnggè dàtīng zhào de wǔyánliùsè. The laser lights at the concert bathed the whole hall in a rainbow of colours.
Related words
- 刺激 cìjī exciting; to stimulate
- 激动 jīdòng excited
- 激烈 jīliè intense
- 感激 gǎnjī to appreciate, to be grateful
- 激发 jīfā to inspire, to stimulate
- 激励 jīlì to encourage, to motivate
- 激情 jīqíng passion, enthusiasm
- 激荡 jīdàng to surge; to reverberate; to stir
- 激化 jīhuà to intensify; to sharpen; to escalate
- 激活 jīhuó to activate; to stimulate
- 激起 jīqǐ to arouse; to stir up; to cause
- 激素 jīsù hormone