明
bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #108 U+660E
How 明 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The light of the sun 日 and moon 月
How to remember it
bright · Heisig RSH #21
sun + moon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 明 as their sound component
These characters all use 明 (míng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明 sound component | míng | bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light |
| 盟 | méng | alliance, covenant; oath; to swear |
| 萌 | méng | bud, germ, sprout; to bud |
Words containing 明
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不明不白 | bù míng bù bái | (idiom) obscure; dubious; shady |
| 明山区 | Míng shān Qū | Mingshan, a district of Benxi City 本溪市[Ben3 xi1 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 明水县 | Míng shuǐ Xiàn | Mingshui, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 发明人 | fā míng rén | inventor |
| 高明区 | Gāo míng Qū | Gaoming, a district of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 不明 | bù míng | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand |
| 明子 | míng zi | see 松明[song1 ming2] |
| 明斯克 | Míng sī kè | Minsk, capital of Belarus |
| 明山 | Míng shān | see 明山區|明山区[Ming2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 三明市 | Sān míng Shì | Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3] |
| 明水 | Míng shuǐ | see 明水縣|明水县[Ming2 shui3 Xian4] |
| 发明家 | fā míng jiā | inventor |
| 不明事理 | bù míng shì lǐ | not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense |
| 明儿 | míng r | (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day |
| 无明 | wú míng | avidya (Buddhism); ignorance; delusion |
| 天明 | tiān míng | dawn; daybreak |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 南明区 | Nán míng Qū | Nanming, a district of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 文明化 | wén míng huà | civilize |
| 明眼人 | míng yǎn rén | perspicacious person; sb with a discerning eye; sighted person (as opposed to blind) |