光源

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (光源)		光	源

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kng-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangyuán
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-yüan²
  - Yale: gwāng-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangyuan
  - Palladius: гуанъюань (guanʺjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: gwōng yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-goân
  - Tâi-lô: kng-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: knggoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³/

Noun

光源

light source (source of illumination)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	源
こう Grade: 2	げん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーげん [kòógéń] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) こーげん [kòógéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

光(こう)源(げん) • (kōgen)

light source (source of illumination)