LIGHT  光光

FEATURE which CAUSES THINGS TO BECOME VISIBLE AND LACKING which they are NOT VISIBLE.
ILLUMINATIONBRIGHTNESSLUMINESCENCELUMINOSITYSHININGGLEAMINGGLEAMBRILLIANCERADIANCELUSTERGLOWINGGLOWBLAZEGLAREDAZZLESUNLIGHTMOONLIGHTSTARLIGHTLAMPLIGHTFIRELIGHTRAY OF LIGHTBEAM OF LIGHT
Hypernym
  • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
See also
Hyponym
  • FIRE　HOT LIGHT which APPEARS ABOVE what BURNS.
    • BEACON　FIRE USED AS a SIGNAL.
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 ／

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • nab : 21
  • NPab : 9
  • NP : 4
  • n : 3
  • vtoN : 3
  • npostVt : 2
  • NPadV : 1

Attributions by text

  • 臨濟錄 : 7
  • 祖堂集 : 7
  • 莊子 : 5
  • 賢愚經 : 4
  • 阮籍集四卷 : 3
  • 禮記 : 2
  • 荀子 : 2
  • 老子 : 2
  • 六祖壇經 : 2
  • 文選 : 1
  • 搜神記 : 1
  • 文心雕龍十卷 : 1
  • 春秋左傳 : 1
  • 韓非子 : 1
  • 法言 : 1
  • 法集要頌經 : 1
  • 韓詩外傳 : 1
  • 文子 : 1

Words

光  guāng OC: kʷaaŋ MC: kɑŋ 16 AttributionsWD

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 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: Buddha-light > the illuminating wisdom of the Buddha/Buddhist teaching
火  huǒ OC: qphaalʔ MC: hʷɑ 4 AttributionsWD

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

    Syntactic words
  • nabprocesslight, spark; artificial light
光明  guāng míng OC: kʷaaŋ mraŋ MC: kɑŋ mɣaŋ 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPlight; brilliance; radiance
  • NPadVwith their light
輝  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi
暉  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi
煇  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi 3 AttributionsWD

Yào 耀 and huī 輝 refer to bright sunlight.

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

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

    Syntactic words
  • nabprocessbright sunlight
日光  rì guāng OC: mljiɡ kʷaaŋ MC: ȵit kɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPsunlight
月  yuè OC: ŋod MC: ŋi̯ɐt 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmlate, rare: moonlight
陽  yáng OC: k-laŋ MC: ji̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabfeaturesunlight
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • ntorchCH

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