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míng(ming2) , ming , mèng(meng4) // pronunciations of 明 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 明

Unihan definition: bright, light, brilliant; clear

Number of strokes: 8
Examples of other characters consisting of 8 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  72.4

HSK level: 1
Other HSK 1 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 1 charaters »

Frequency rank: 121

General standard index number: 1087

Examples of words containing this character: 三明, 不明, 光明, 分明, 列明, 判明, 南明, 启明, 严明, 坚明, 天明, 失明, 姚明, 孔明, 宁明, 崇明, 嵩明, 幽明, 彰明, 微明, 思明, 指明, 挑明, 探明, 摆明

English translation (based on CEDICT):

明[Míng]:
- Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
- surname Ming
- Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
明[míng]:
- bright
- opposite: dark [an4]
- (of meaning) clear
- to understand
- next
- public or open
- wise
- generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Details

Unicode code point: U+660E

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