明
明 — myeong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 밝을 명
- Romanization
- myeong
- English
- bright, light, brilliant; clear
- Mandarin
- míng
- Japanese on'yomi
- メイ, ミョウ, ミン, ベイ, ボウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- あ.かり あか.るい あか.るむ あか.らむ あき.らか あ.ける -あ.け あ.く あ.くる あ.かす
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #67 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 (72, 4 residual)
- Unicode
- U+660E
Parts that make up 明
How 明 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 明 as a ideographic compound involving 日, 月.
Korean example words with 明
- 명년明年 Korean gloss: 올해의 다음
- 명경明鏡 Korean gloss: 매우 맑은 거울
- 금명今明 Korean gloss: 오늘이나 내일 사이
- 명찰明察 Korean gloss: 사물을 똑똑히 살핌
- 천명天明 Korean gloss: 날이 막 밝을 무렵
- 명견明見 Korean gloss: 앞의 일을 잘 내다봄
- 명명明命 Korean gloss: 신령이나 임금의 명령
- 명일明日 Korean gloss: 오늘의 바로 다음 날
- 명멸明滅 Korean gloss: 불이 켜졌다 꺼졌다 함
- 총명聰明 Korean gloss: 썩 영리하고 재주가 있음
- 명주明紬 Korean gloss: 명주실로 무늬 없이 짠 천
- 석명釋明 Korean gloss: 사실을 설명하여 내용을 밝힘
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 明
- 明らかあきらか clear; obvious; evident
- 声明せいめい declaration; statement; proclamation
- 説明せつめい explanation; exposition; description
- 不明ふめい unclear; obscure; indistinct
- 明確めいかく clear; precise; definite
- 公明党こうめいとう Komeito (Japanese political party)
- 公明こうめい fairness; openness; impartiality
- 未明みめい early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
- 明治めいじ Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
- 解明かいめい elucidation; explication; explaining
- 表明ひょうめい declaration; indication; representation
- 不透明ふとうめい opaque; obscure; murky
Characters sharing the phonetic 明
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “명”
Other hanja with radical 日
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences