LIGHT    光光

FEATURE which CAUSES THINGS TO BECOME VISIBLE AND LACKING which they are NOT VISIBLE.
ILLUMINATIONBRIGHTNESSLUMINESCENCELUMINOSITYSHININGGLEAMINGGLEAMBRILLIANCERADIANCELUSTERGLOWINGGLOWBLAZEGLAREDAZZLESUNLIGHTMOONLIGHTSTARLIGHTLAMPLIGHTFIRELIGHTRAY OF LIGHTBEAM OF LIGHT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The dominant general word for light of any kind is guāng 光. [GENERAL]; [[COMMON]] 2. Huǒ 火 refers primarily to artificial light from burning lamps etc.. [ARTIFICIAL] 3. Xī 曦 refers to the nascent sunlight of the rising sun. 4. Yào 耀 and huī 輝 refer to bright sunlight.
Modern Chinese Criteria
光線 光 亮光 refers to a flash of light. IT IS CURIOUS THAT I CANNOT SEEM TO FIND MORE SYNONYMS! rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • FIRE　HOT LIGHT which APPEARS ABOVE what BURNS. (anc: 5/0, child: 1)
See also
Hypernym
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 742

    LUMIERE

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    LIGHT

    lumen refers to a luminous body.

    lux refers to the streaming light as such.

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 111

  • Table de definitions, pp. 437- ( LEIBNIZ 1704) p. 489

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 82

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 68

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.182

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 5.282

    LICHT

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 45

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 24

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    LIGHT AND DARKNESS

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 6.1239

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 505

    • Words (19 items)

    光  guāng OC: kʷaaŋ MC: kɑŋ 16 Attributions

    The dominant general word for light of any kind is guāng 光.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfigurativelight (of wisdom, etc.)
    • nabprocesslight; brightness; glint
    佛光  fó guāng OC: bɯd kʷaaŋ MC: bi̯ut kɑŋ 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: Buddha-light > the illuminating wisdom of the Buddha/Buddhist teaching
    光明  guāng míng OC: kʷaaŋ mraŋ MC: kɑŋ mɣaŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPlight; brilliance; radiance
    • NPadVwith their light
    火  huǒ OC: qphaalʔ MC: hʷɑ 4 Attributions

    Huǒ 火 refers primarily to artificial light from burning lamps etc..

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocesslight, spark; artificial light
    輝  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi
    暉  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi
    煇  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi 3 Attributions

    Yào 耀 and huī 輝 refer to bright sunlight.

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocessbrightness, the glare of the sun itself
    • vtoNshine on intensly, dazzle
    明  míng MC: mjaeng OC: mraŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npostVtobjectlight, brightnessCH
    曜  yào OC: lewɡs MC: jiɛu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbright objects; sources of light (in the heavens)
    • nabprocessbright sunlight, bright light; glare
    燭  zhú MC: tsyowk OC: tjoɡ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ntorchCH
    淨光  jìng guāng OC: skhreeŋ kʷaaŋ MC: dziɛŋ kɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabjìngguāng: radiance
    焰熾  yàn chì OC: k-loms khljɯɡs MC: jiɛm tɕhɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfeaturebrilliance
    晨光  chén guāng MC: dzyin kwang OC: ɡljɯn kʷaaŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPearly morning lightDS
    陽  yáng OC: k-laŋ MC: ji̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturesunlight
    日光  rì guāng OC: mljiɡ kʷaaŋ MC: ȵit kɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPsunlight
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ntorchCH
    旭  xù OC: qhoɡ MC: hi̯ok 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabprocesssunlight at dawn
    景  jǐng OC: kraŋʔ MC: kɣaŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabprocessSHUOWEN, rare: sunlight
    晷  guǐ OC: kʷrɯwʔ MC: ki 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabprocessrare, post-Han, Song: sunshine
    曦  xī OC: hŋral MC: hiɛ 0 Attributions

    Xī 曦refers to the nascent sunlight of the rising sun.

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocessbright sunlight
    月  yuè OC: ŋod MC: ŋi̯ɐt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmlate, rare: moonlight