三光

Chinese

		three	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (三光)		三	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gwong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-kông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanguang
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: sān-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanguang
    • Palladius: саньгуан (sanʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: sāam gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ gong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sam-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

三光

1. sun, moon and stars
   • 815, 白居易 [Bai Juyi], 與元九書 [Letter to Yuan Zhen]:

     夫文，尚矣。三才各有文：天之文，三光首之；地之文，五材首之；人之文，六經首之。就六經言，《詩》又首之。何者？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫文，尚矣。三才各有文：天之文，三光首之；地之文，五材首之；人之文，六经首之。就六经言，《诗》又首之。何者？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Fú wén, shàng yǐ. Sāncái gè yǒu wén: tiān zhī wén, sānguāng shǒu zhī; dì zhī wén, wǔcái shǒu zhī; rén zhī wén, liùjīng shǒu zhī. Jiù liùjīng yán, “Shī” yòu shǒu zhī. Hézhě? [Pinyin]

     Literary composition is ancient. The three talents(sky, land and people) each have compositions. Among the compositions of the sky, the three lights (the sun, the moon and the stars) are the foremost; among the compositions of the land, the five materials are the foremost; among the compositions of the people, the Six Classics are the foremost. Among the Six Classics, the Classic of Poetry is the foremost. Why?

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3. 燒光／烧光, 殺光／杀光 and 搶光／抢光

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三光):

• → Japanese: 三光(さんこう) (sankō)
• → Korean: 삼광(三光) (samgwang)
• → Vietnamese: tam quang (三光)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	光
さん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 三 (“three”) +‎ 光 (“light”), literally “three lights”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんこー [sàńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

三(さん)光(こう) • (sankō) ^{←さんくゎう (sankwau)?}

1. the sun, the moon and stars

Derived terms

• 三光鳥(サンコウチョウ) (sankōchō)