明

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See also: 日月

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

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simp. and trad.
 明

Etymology[edit]

The traditional etymology follows the modern form in finding Ideogrammic compound (會意): 日 (“sun”) + 月 (“moon”). However, the etymology may be somewhat less simple, as alleged older forms of the character show the moon shining through a window (朙).

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (明, reconstructed)
Character (明), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 明 (4)
Final: 庚
Division: III

Openness: Open
Tone: Level (Ø)

 Fanqie: 武兵切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/mɣiæŋ/ /mi̯ɐŋ/ /miɐŋ/ /mɯiaŋ/ /miajŋ/ /mĭɐŋ/ /miaŋ/
Old Chinese pronunciation (明, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
明 míng ‹ mjæng › /*mraŋ/ bright

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
明 9188 明 陽 0 明 /*mraŋ/

Definitions[edit]

明

  1. bright, light, brilliant
  2. clear
  3. tomorrow
  4. next, following
  5. Ming Dynasty
  6. a surname, listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
  7. a (usually masculine) given name, sometimes used as a generic Chinese male name, like John.

Compounds[edit]

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
明

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Proper noun[edit]

明 (hiragana あきら, romaji Akira)

  1. A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

明 (minh)

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