Phonetic Reading of the Character '明'



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Stroke Sequence of the Character '明'



Radical:日     Strokes:8



Pinyin & Definition:

míngclear/bright/to understand/next/the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming


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Words with Chinese Character 明:
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
surname Ming
Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝
明一套暗一套to act one way in the open and another way in secret
明丽bright and beautiful
明了to understand clearly
to be clear about
plain
明争暗斗struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other
locked in constant strife
明事理rational; clear-headed
明亮brightness
明亮度brightness; lightness
明亮的brightsome; luminous; liquid; lightful; light; nitid; relucent; starry; illustrious; bright; undimmed; vivid; radiant; lucent
明人person of good sense
明人不做暗事The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.
明仁Akihito, Emperor of Japan (reigned from 1989 under the reign name Heisei 平成)
明仁宗Ming Renzong, Temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 硃高熾|朱高炽
明代the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
明令public proclamation
明令禁止prohibited by explicit order; banned by formal decree
明体Mincho
Song font
明信片postcard
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 項羽|项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diver
明儿tomorrow
one of these days
some day