Info on the Kanji 明 | What's a Kanji? |
| bright, light | |
| onyomi | MEI, MYOU |
| kunyomi | a-kari, aka-rui, aka-rumu, aka-ramu, aki-raka, a-k |
| stroke count | 8 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 明 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 明めい mei | clearly / brightly / cleanly / purely |
| 英明ひであき hideaki | intelligent / wise / bright / brilliant / clear-sighted |
| 開明かいめい kaimei | civilization / civilisation / enlightenment |
| 究明きゅうめい kyuumei | investigation |
| 月明がつめい gatsu mei | moonlight |
| 言明げんめい genmei | declaration / statement / assertion |
| 五明ごめい go mei | the five sciences of ancient india |
| 公明こうめい koumei | fairness / justice |
| 三明さんめい san mei | three kinds of awareness |
| 自明じめい jimei | obvious / self-evident / trivial / axiomatic / self-explanatory |
| 水明みずめい mizu mei | light shimmering on water |
| 天明てんめい tenmei | dawn / daybreak / temmei era |
| 発明はつめい hatsumei | invention / intelligent / clever / being enlightened / having the meaning of everything become clear |
| 不明ふめい fumei | unknown / obscure / indistinct / uncertain / ambiguous / ignorant / lack of wisdom / anonymous / unidentified |
| 文明ぶんめい bunmei | civilization / civilisation / culture / bummei era |
| 明いあかるい akarui | bright / colourful / cheerful / familiar / knowledgeable / fair / clean |
| 明かあきらか akiraka | clear / fresh / bright |
| 明きあき aki | space / room / emptiness / gap / opening / vacancy / empty seat / free time / time to spare / disuse / unused thing |
| 明くあく aku | to open / to open / to be empty / to be vacant / to be available / to be free / to be open / to have been opened / to come to an end / to open / to have a hole / to form a gap / to have an interval |
| 明けあけ ake | dawn / daybreak / end / soon after something has ended / beginning |
| Show me more | |
| Example Sentences with 明 |
| 説明してくれてありがとう。 明日帰ったら電話します。 いつまでかかっても全部を説明するのは無理だ。 なぜみんなが私のことを気違いだと思うのか、遂に説明してくれてありがとう。 |
Back to List
