明

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

• 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

Historical forms of the character 明
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 日 (“sun”) + 月 (“moon”) – the sun just rising and the moon not yet set – dawn (天明). Alternatively, it may be interpreted as two bright celestial bodies – bright. This form was already found in the oracle bone script and was prevalent throughout the eras.

Three other forms were found in the oracle bone script:

• 朙 < 囧 (“window”) + 月 – the moon shining through a window – moonlight. This form was also prevalent in the ancient scripts and was considered to be the standard form in Shuowen. See this form's entry for its historical forms.
• 眀 < 目 (“eye”) + 月 – bright eyes. This form was rarely attested, so it is still uncertain whether this form is actually equivalent to 明. It reappeared in the bamboo script of the Qin dynasty, but this was probably a corruption of 朙.
• 𤰾 < 田 + 月 – probably a corruption of the above forms.

Of either Proto-Sino-Tibetan origin, compare Tibetan [script needed] (mdangs, “facial color, appearance, brightness”) (Bodman, 1980) or from Austroasiatic. For more see 亮 (OC *raŋs).

明

1. bright; light; brilliant
2. clear; limpid
3. tomorrow
4. next; following
5. to understand

   講明 / 讲明  ―  jiǎngmíng  ―  to explain

   • 你唔明一定要出聲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你唔明一定要出声。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei⁵ m⁴ ming⁴ jat¹ ding⁶ jiu³ ceot¹ seng¹. [Jyutping]

     If you don't understand you must speak up.

   • 我真係唔係好明點解（……） [Cantonese, trad.]
     我真系唔系好明点解（……） [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ hou² ming⁴ dim² gaai² (......) [Jyutping]

     I really don't get why (…)

6. (～朝) Ming dynasty
7. A surname​, listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
8. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡏ (m-)

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. clear
2. tomorrow
3. bright

• Go-on: みょう (myō, Jōyō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
• Kan-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: みん (min)
• Kun: あかるい (akarui, 明るい, Jōyō); あきらか (akiraka, 明らか, Jōyō); あける (akeru, 明ける, Jōyō); あかす (akasu, 明かす, Jōyō); あくる (akuru, 明くる, Jōyō); あからむ (akaramu, 明らむ, Jōyō); あかり (akari, 明かり, Jōyō); あかるむ (akarumu, 明るむ, Jōyō); あく (aku, 明く, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あ (a); あか (aka); あかり (akari); あかる (akaru); あき (aki); あきら (akira); あけ (ake); あける (akeru); きよし (kiyoshi); くに (kuni); さとし (satoshi); てる (teru); とおる (tōru); とし (toshi); なお (nao); のり (nori); はじめ (hajime); はる (haru); ひろ (hiro); み (mi); みつ (mitsu); よし (yoshi)

• 暁 (あかつき) (akatsuki): dawn, daybreak
• 明白 (あからさま) (akarasama): plain, frank, candid
• 赤 (あか) (aka): red
• 明々 (あかあか)と (akaaka to), 赤々 (あかあか)と (akaaka to): brilliantly, clearly
• 明 (あき)らか (akiraka): obvious, clear, evident
• 明 (あ)け (ake): dawn, daybreak

明 (hiragana あきら, rōmaji Akira)

1. A male given name

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

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明

• Kun: はか゚い (明か゚い, hakai)

• IPA^(key): /hakai/

明 (hiragana はか゚い, romaji hakai)

1. light

明

• Kun: あかーㇲ゙ (明かーㇲ゙, akaaz)

• IPA^(key): /akaːz̩/

明 (hiragana あかーㇲ゙, romaji akaaz)

1. light

明

• Kun: あかい (明かい, akai)

• IPA^(key): /ʔakai/

明 (hiragana あかい, romaji akai)

1. light

明: Hán Việt readings: minh (眉(mi)兵(binh)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
明: Nôm readings: mừng[1][2][3][4][5], minh[2][5], mầng[2][5], miêng[3][5], mênh[3]

1. Hán tự form of minh (“bright; clear”).
2. Hán tự form of Minh (“given name”).
3. Nôm form of mừng.

明

• Kun: あかりぃ (明かりぃ, akarï)

• IPA^(key): /ʔakarɨ/

明 (hiragana あかりぃ, romaji akarï)

1. light

明

• Kun: あがい (明がい, agai)

• IPA^(key): /aɡai/

明 (hiragana あがい, romaji agai)

1. light