阳光
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
阳光 (yángguāng) · sunshine
阳光 (yángguāng) means “sunshine; sunlight; cheerful”. It is written with 2 characters: 阳 (the male principle) + 光 (light). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 阳光 is built
The characters
阳 yáng · the male principle
What 阳 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: The place 阝 of the sun 日; compare 阴 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
光 guāng · light
What 光 is made of
- ⺌ — structural part
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: A person 儿 carrying a torch 火 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天阳光很好。Jīntiān yángguāng hěn hǎo.It's very sunny today.
他是一个阳光的男孩。Tā shì yī gè yángguāng de nánhái.He is a cheerful boy.
Questions about 阳光
What does 阳光 mean?
阳光 (yángguāng) means “sunshine; sunlight; cheerful”.
How do you pronounce 阳光?
阳光 is pronounced yángguāng.
Which HSK level is 阳光?
阳光 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 太阳tàiyangsun
- 阳台yángtáibalcony
- 夕阳xīyángsetting sun
- 不光bùguāngnot only
- 光明guāngmíngbright
- 灯光dēngguānglight
- 光临guānglín(polite) to visit
- 光盘guāngpánCD
- 光滑guānghuásmooth
- 曝光bàoguāngto expose
Learn 阳光 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 48: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.