明

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 1.2.2 Usage notes 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 5.1.2 Phrases 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

The etymology is ambiguous. The traditional etymology is: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 日 (“‘sun’”) + 月 (“‘moon’”), which is what the modern form suggests. However, some older forms of the character have a more complex form, and show a moon shining through a window – the development is not as simple as the current form suggests.(朙?)^[1]

[edit] Han character

明 (radical 72 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日月 (AB), four-corner 6702₀, composition ⿰日月)

1. bright, light, brilliant
2. clear
3. Ming Dynasty

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 491, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13805
• Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1491, character 8
• Unihan data for U+660E

[edit] Usage notes

• Notes:

1. ^ Richard Sears. "Etymology: 明." URL accessed on 2008-06-15.

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

明 (jyutping ming4, Yale ming4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

明 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

• Go'on: みょう (myō)
• Kan'on: めい (mei)
• Tō'on: みん (min)
• Kun: あかるい (明るい, akarui), あきらか (明らか, akiraka), あける (明ける, akeru)

[edit] Compounds

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

明 (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune-Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

明 (pinyin míng (ming2), Wade-Giles ming²)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Phrases

• 明枪易躲，暗箭难防

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

明 (minh)