Etymology

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Character: 明

English Senses For (英文): ming2
light / bright / brilliant / clear / understandable / to clarify / to understand / obvious / evident / intelligent / clever / eyesight / the seeing faculty / day / daybreak / dawn / to state / to show / to assert / next ( day or year ) / the Ming Dynasty ( 1

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 660E
GB2312-80 := C3F7

明

New! Simplification explanation under construction.

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 660E
Big5 := A9FA

明
明 ming2 (productive phonetic)

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ShuoWen: (說文解字):
古文明從日

New! etymology explanation under construction.

From window at night (not sun) 日囱 and moon 月. Meaning bright.

Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)


S04931	S04932

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L33090	L33091	L33092	L33093	L33094	L33095	L33096

L33097	L33098	L33099	L33100	L33101	L10486	L10487

L10488	L10489	L10490	L10491	L10492	L10493	L10494

L10495	L10496	L10497	L10498	L10499	L10500	L10501

L10502	L10503	L10483	L10484	L10485

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B10475	B10476	B10477	B10478	B10479	B10480	B10481

B10482	B10483	B10484	B10485	B10486	B10487	B10488

B10489	B10490	B10491	B10492	B10493	B10494	B10495

B10496	B10497	B10498	B10499	B10500	B10501

Oracle (甲骨文编裏的字) Characters

J16479	J16480	J16481	J16482	J16483	J16484	J16485

J16486	J16487	J16488	J16489	J16490	J16491	J16492

J16493	J16494	J16495	J16496	J16497

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