明 (míng)

Bright; clear; to understand; tomorrow.

How 明 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
日 — sun/day
Traditional
明
Simplified
明 (unchanged)

Common words using 明

明天 míngtiān
tomorrow
明星 míngxīng
star; celebrity
明白 míngbai
clear; obvious; unequivocal
三明治 sānmíngzhì
sandwich; CL:個|个[ge4]
不明 bùmíng
not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
光明 guāngmíng
light; illumination; radiance (esp. glory of Buddha etc)
分明 fēnmíng
clear; distinct; evidently
天明 tiānmíng
dawn; daybreak
姚明 yáomíng
Yao Ming (Chinese NBA star player)
文明 wénmíng
civilized; civilization; culture
昆明 kūnmíng
Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
明亮 míngliàng
brightness

明 in a sentence

明天的天氣應該會很好。

Míngtiān de tiānqì yīnggāi huì hěn hǎo.

“Tomorrow's weather should be very good.”

How common is 明?

明 is the 121st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 45.4% of all running text.

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