Chinese Character 暝 Meanings and components.

Form

暝

Meaning

暝 meaning[3] in English

Dark.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 暝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and old variant of … (冥)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with ABAC

How to write 暝

To write暝ming2dark you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 冥ming2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

日 + 冥 = 暝

暝 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 暝 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 暝, looks as follow:

暝
Pinyin:ming2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dark
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
冥
Pinyin:ming2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 冥[Ming2]
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
昗
Pinyin:ze4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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