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明 = 日 + 月

明 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bright”. It is built from 日 (sun) and 月 (moon). It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword

bright

Pinyin (Mandarin)

míng

Script

Chinese hanzi

Also known as

bright, light, brilliant, блестящий, светлый, яркий, light, brilliant

Same glyph as a Japanese kanji

明 bright

Decomposition

Characters that contain 明

• 奛 opening
• 奣 奣
• 曌 wǔ zétiān (a self-coined name)
• 朚 朚
• 焽 焽
• 琞 琞
• 盟 swear
• 萌 bud

How to find 明 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sun” + “moon”. 明 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 明 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.