明 means bright
light
Sun and moon side by side: as bright as it gets.
On'yomi
- メイmei
- ミョウmyou
- ミンmin
Kun'yomi
- あ(かり)akari
- あか(るい)akarui
- あか(るむ)akarumu
- あか(らむ)akaramu
- あき(らか)akiraka
5 more
- あ(ける)akeru
- あ(け)ake
- あ(く)aku
- あ(くる)akuru
- あ(かす)akasu
How it's built
- 日sun
- 月moon
Common words
- 明年みょうねんnext year
- 明朝みょうちょうtomorrow morning
- 究明きゅうめいinvestigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts
- 自明じめいself-evident; obvious
Through history
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal- Today