明明

HSK level

6

Traditional form

明明 míngmíng

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

明 Míng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

The character was originally a pictograph of the moon (月 yuè ) shining through a window (囧 jiǒng ). Traditionally (but incorrectly) explained that the sun (日 Rì ) and moon (月 yuè ) together are bright (明 Míng ).

Positional decomposition

⿰日月 rì yuè

Number of Strokes

8

明 Míng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

The character was originally a pictograph of the moon (月 yuè ) shining through a window (囧 jiǒng ). Traditionally (but incorrectly) explained that the sun (日 Rì ) and moon (月 yuè ) together are bright (明 Míng ).

Positional decomposition

⿰日月 rì yuè

Number of Strokes

8

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这 zhè 事 shì 明明 míngmíng 是 shì 她 tā 干 gān 的 de 嘛 ma !

This is obviously her doing.

明明 míngmíng 有 yǒu 嘛 ma , 圣经 Shèng jīng 里 lǐ 和 hé 法典 fǎ diǎn 上 shǎng 全都 quán dōu 写 xiě 着 zhāo 呢 ne .

Truly there is, both in the Scripture and the statute - book.

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 明明 míngmíng and their own compounds.

明 Míng

盟 méng

擝

萌 méng

橗

奣 wěng , 奛, 朚, 焽, 琞

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