荧 yíng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
荧光
yíngguāng
fluorescence; fluorescent 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
- 实验人员用荧光标记观察细胞分裂的全过程。 Shíyàn rényuán yòng yíngguāng biāojì guānchá xìbāo fēnliè de quán guòchéng. The laboratory staff used fluorescent markers to observe the entire process of cell division.
- 夜晚的海面上闪着淡淡的荧光。 Yèwǎn de hǎimiàn shàng shǎnzhe dàndàn de yíngguāng. At night, a faint glow shimmers on the surface of the sea.
- 这张海报用荧光颜料画的，非常醒目。 Zhè zhāng hǎibào yòng yíngguāng yánliào huà de, fēicháng xǐngmù. This poster is painted with fluorescent paint; it really catches the eye.