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光 is the simplest way to express "light" in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
It can also mean ray or bright. Chinese tend to use a two-character word for light/bright, so this character is probably best if your audience is Japanese. Also, when pronounced Rei, this can be a Japanese female given name.
広 is the Japanese variant of 廣 (from Chinese).
The original meaning is wide, numerous, or to spread out. However, in modern Japan, this is used primarily as a given name. Most often it is romanized as Hiro.
This Kanji can also romanize as the names Yutaka, Hiromu, Hiromatsu, Hirotsugu, Hirosue, Hiroji, Hiroshi, Hirosaki, Hirokatsu, Kouji, or Kou.
In Chinese, this would romanize as guǎng where it still holds the original meaning and is a common Chinese surname. However, this 広 version is strictly Japanese, and most Chinese will not realize it's a variant of 廣. This will be true especially in the mainland where the Simplified Chinese is now written as 广.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your guang search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
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![]() More info & calligraphy: ![]() ![]() 光明 prabha, light, brightness, splendour, to illuminate. |
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佛光 see styles |
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![]() More info & calligraphy: ![]() The light of Buddha, spiritual enlightenment; halo, glory; light of the Buddha |
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![]() More info & calligraphy: ![]() ![]() v. last entry; radiance |
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圓光 圆光 see styles |
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![]() More info & calligraphy: ![]() ![]() The halo surrounding the head of a Buddha, etc; Wongwang |
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![]() More info & calligraphy: ![]() ![]() (日光菩薩); 蘇利也波羅皮遮那 Sūrya-prabhāsana. Sunlight, and 月光 (月光菩薩) Moonlight, name of two Bodhisattva assistants of 藥師 the Master of Healing; Sunlight is the ninth in the Dizang Court of the Garbhadhātu group. |
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![]() More info & calligraphy: ![]() ![]() Candraprabha, 戰達羅鉢刺婆 Moonlight. One of the three honoured ones in the Vajradhātu, and in the Mañjuśrī court of the Garbhadhātu, known also as 淸涼金剛. |
東光 东光 see styles |
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陽光 阳光 see styles |
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![]() More info & calligraphy: ![]() ![]() The sun's light, also idem陽燄 sun flames, or heat, i.e. the mirage causing the illusion of lakes; sunlight |
靈光 灵光 see styles |
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廣 广 see styles |
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![]() ![]() vipula. Broad, wide, extensive, spacious; extended, enlarged, expanded; for vaipulya v. 方廣, for which 廣 is also used alone to indicate vaipulya sūtras, etc. |
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獷 犷 see styles |
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胱 see styles |
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逛 see styles |
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X光 see styles |
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三光 see styles |
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![]() ![]() (三光天) Sun, moon, and stars. Also, in the second dhyāna of the form-world there are the two deva regions 少光天, 無量光天, and 光音天q.v. Also 觀音 Avalokiteśvara is styled 日天子sun-prince, or divine son of the sun, 大勢至 Mahāsthāmaprapta is styled 月天子 divine son of the moon, and 虛空藏菩薩 the bodhisattva of the empyrean, is styled 明星天子 divine son of the bright stars. |
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世光 see styles |
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The dual lights, i.e. 色光 the halo from a Buddha's body and 心光 the light from his mind. Also 常光 the constant halo from the bodies of Buddhas and 神通光 the supernatural light sent out by a Buddha (e.g. from between his eyebrows) to illuminate a distant world; two lights |
京廣 京广 see styles |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Light Bright Shine | 光 | hikari | guāng / guang1 / guang | kuang |
Hiro | 広 | hiro | guǎng / guang3 / guang | kuang |
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Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
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