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明

bright, clear

日 is the sun, while 月 is the moon, both of them are natural luminaries of earth, they join together and become 明 which means brightness.

Vocabulary of 明

  • 光明 (bright)
  • 明白 (understand)
  • 明日 (tomorrow)

Classification

  • Radical: 日
  • Etyma: 日

Related Characters:

4日
sun
5旦dawn6旨
delicacy
6早early7旱
drought
8明bright8旺prosperous8昔past8昏twilight8昌bright8旻sky8昂lift9昺bright9昨yesterday9昜bright9星
star
9昵intimate9昱bright9昭bright9是yes9昰yes10晃dazzle10晏sunny11晝daytime11暢smooth11晚night11晤meet12智wisdom12晴clear12晾
dry
12晶
shine
12景
sunlight
13暉shine13暈halo13暖warm13暘sunshine13暇leisure13暄warm13暗dark14㬎reveal14暮evening16曇cloudy16曉
know
18曚twilight
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