明 — Chinese character

明

míng

bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light

Pinyin: míng
Radical: 72 ⽇ (Sun)
Strokes: 8
Components: 日月
Formation: ideographic — The light of the sun 日 and moon 月
Japanese: 明 as a kanji

Common words with 明

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
说明 (說明)	shuō míng	to explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)	zhèng míng	proof; certificate
明白	míng bai	clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
明显 (明顯)	míng xiǎn	clear; distinct
明天	míng tiān	tomorrow
明确 (明確)	míng què	clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
文明	wén míng	civilized; civilization
声明 (聲明)	shēng míng	to state; to declare
明星	míng xīng	star; celebrity
表明	biǎo míng	to make clear; to make known
发明 (發明)	fā míng	to invent; an invention
聪明 (聰明)	cōng ming	intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)

English words written with 明

明 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 12 · Analects 11 · Art of War 8 · I Ching 8 · Mencius 26 · Zhuangzi 123 · Great Learning 8 · Doctrine of the Mean 24

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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