感光

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	light; ray; bright
trad. (感光)		感	光
simp. #(感光)		感	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gwong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kám-kong / kám-kuiⁿ / kám-kng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnguang
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-kuang¹
    • Yale: gǎn-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanguang
    • Palladius: ганьгуан (ganʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² gwong¹
    • Yale: gám gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-kong
    • Tâi-lô: kám-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-kuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kám-kuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmkvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-kng
    • Tâi-lô: kám-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmk'ngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/

Adjective

感光

1. light-sensitive (attributive)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	光
かん Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんこー [kàńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

感(かん)光(こう) • (kankō) ^{←かんくわう (kankwau)?}

1. (of photosensitive material) undergoing a chemical change due to being exposed to light

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 感光液(かんこうえき) (kankōeki)
• 感光材料(かんこうざいりょう) (kankō zairyō)
• 感光紙(かんこうし) (kankōshi)
• 感光性(かんこうせい) (kankōsei)
• 感光度(かんこうど) (kankōdo)
• 感光乳剤(かんこうにゅうざい) (kankō nyūzai)
• 感光板(かんこうばん) (kankōban)
• 感光膜(かんこうまく) (kankōmaku)

Verb

感(かん)光(こう)する • (kankō suru) ^{←かんくわう (kankwau)?}intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)光(こう)し (kankō shi), past 感(かん)光(こう)した (kankō shita))

1. (of photosensitive material) to undergo a chemical change due to being exposed to light
   • 1951, 豊島与志雄, ヒロシマの声‎, 青空文庫:

     広(ひろ)島(しま)の赤(せき)十(じゅう)字(じ)病(びょう)院(いん)には、当(とう)時(じ)、Ｘ(エックス)光(こう)線(せん)用(よう)の乾(かん)板(ぱん)が鉛(なまり)のケースに収(おさ)められて地(ち)下(か)室(しつ)にあったが、それがみな原(げん)位(い)置(ち)のまま感(かん)光(こう)していた。

     Hiroshima no Sekijūji Byōin ni wa, tōji, ekkusu-kōsen-yō no kanpan ga namari no kēsu ni osamerarete chikashitsu ni atta ga, sore ga mina gen'ichi no mama kankō shite ita.

     The Red Cross Hospital in Hiroshima held dry plates for use in X-rays in a lead case in the basement at the time, but all of them had chemically reacted due to radiation exposure in the position they were left in.

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	感光し	かんこうし	kankō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	感光し	かんこうし	kankō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	感光する	かんこうする	kankō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	感光する	かんこうする	kankō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	感光すれ	かんこうすれ	kankō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	感光せよ¹ 感光しろ²	かんこうせよ¹ かんこうしろ²	kankō seyo¹ kankō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	感光される	かんこうされる	kankō sareru
Causative	感光させる 感光さす	かんこうさせる かんこうさす	kankō saseru kankō sasu
Potential	感光できる	かんこうできる	kankō dekiru
Volitional	感光しよう	かんこうしよう	kankō shiyō
Negative	感光しない	かんこうしない	kankō shinai
Negative continuative	感光せず	かんこうせず	kankō sezu
Formal	感光します	かんこうします	kankō shimasu
Perfective	感光した	かんこうした	kankō shita
Conjunctive	感光して	かんこうして	kankō shite
Hypothetical conditional	感光すれば	かんこうすれば	kankō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "感光する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

See also

• 露出(ろしゅつ) (roshutsu)