开光

Traditional form:

開光

Pinyin (reading):

kāiguāng

Definitions:

• eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism)
• to consecrate
• to bless
• transparent
• translucent
• haircut
• shaving the head or face (humorous)
• a method of decoration
• first light (astronomy)

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely