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The Chinese word ming - 明 - míng
(bright in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

míng

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English translations

bright, clear, overt, to understand

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 明 ( míng ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
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Chinese characters ( ming / míng ) with pronunciation (English translation: bright )
The traditional Chinese characters of míng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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Shapes and Features
Character complexity
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明 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

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明 ( ming / míng ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 125)
Chinese example words containing the character 明 ( ming / míng )
伯明翰 ( Bómínghàn = Birmingham ), 智明 ( cōngming = intelligent ), 分明 ( fēnmíng = clear ), 怀俄明 ( Huáiémíng = Wyoming ), 黎明 ( límíng = dawn ), 明白 ( míngbái = clear ), 明年 ( míngnián = next year ), 明确 ( míngquè = definite ), 明天 ( míngtiān = tomorrow ), 明信片 ( míngxìnpiàn = postcard ), 说明 ( shuōmíng = to explain ), 说明书 ( shuōmíngshū = synopsis ), 鲜明 ( xiānmíng = bright ), 证明 ( zhèngmíng = to prove )
Other characters that are pronounced míng in Chinese
名 (name) , 冥 (dark)
More words that mean bright in Chinese
cōngming ( 智明 ), liàng ( 亮 ), qíng ( 晴 ), shuăng ( 爽 ), xiān ( 鲜 ), xiānmíng ( 鲜明 )
More words that mean clear in Chinese
fēnmíng ( 分明 ), míngbái ( 明白 ), qīngchu ( 清楚 ), qīngxī ( 清晰 ), qíng ( 晴 ), xiānmíng ( 鲜明 )

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