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明 8 strokes

明 míng — bright; next

8 strokes · radical 日 · HSK 1

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A way to remember it

The sun, 日, next to the moon, 月. Two sources of light put side by side to mean bright — and by extension clear, obvious, understood.

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The sun, 日, next to the moon, 月.

Words it turns up in

明天明白

Lists it belongs to

中秋月圆 Mid-Autumn characters 15 characters 一二七八 HSK 1 core characters 86 characters

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明 — míng

bright; next

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明

míng — bright; next

Radical 日 · 8 strokes · HSK 1

A way to remember itThe sun, 日, next to the moon, 月. Two sources of light put side by side to mean bright — and by extension clear, obvious, understood.

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