Chinese Character 明 Meanings and components.
Form
明
Meaning
- 明 meaning[3] in English
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Surname Ming.
Ming (C. 2000 Bc), Fourth Of The Legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 Di4] Descended From Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 Nong2] Farmer God.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 明 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and moon (月)
Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日
In cangjie it is written with AB
How to write 明
To write明 you should write a combination of 日 , 月 arranged in a 吅 shape:
日 + 月 = 明
明 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 明 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 明, looks as follow:
明
Pinyin:ming2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) . Surname Ming . Ming (C. 2000 Bc), Fourth Of The Legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 Di4] Descended From Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 Nong2] Farmer God