Chinese symbol for “brilliant”
高明
gāo míng
brilliant; superior; wise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brilliant is 高明 (gāo míng), defined as: brilliant; superior; wise.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “brilliant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闪亮 (閃亮) | shǎn liàng | brilliant; shiny |
| 煌 | huáng | brilliant |
| 耀 | yào | brilliant; glorious |
| 赫赫 | hè hè | brilliant; impressive |
| 煜 | yù | brilliant; glorious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高明.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 证明 (證明) | zhèng míng | proof; certificate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brilliant”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.