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Chinese symbol for “obviously”

明明
míng míng
obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely

The closest CC-CEDICT match for obviously is 明明 (míng míng), defined as: obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely.

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Characters and stroke order

明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
明
明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “obviously”

WordPinyinMeaning
显然 (顯然)xiǎn ránclearly; evidently; obviously
显而易见 (顯而易見)xiǎn ér yì jiànclearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly
眼见得 (眼見得)yǎn jiàn de(dialect) obviously; clearly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 明明.

WordPinyinMeaning
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
明显 (明顯)míng xiǎnclear; distinct
明天míng tiāntomorrow
明确 (明確)míng quèclear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

See also: Japanese symbol for “obviously”.

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.