明
明 in English
- bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
Measure word
- 发 fā to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 23 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Patty是個聰明的學生。
Patty is a smart student.
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一个从俄勒冈州来的朋友，布朗先生明天会来拜访我们。
Mr. Brown a friend from Oregon, will visit us tomorrow.
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一个聪明人不会说这种话。
A wise man would not say such a thing.
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上帝明白我们尽了全力。
God knows we did everything we could.
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中国是三人在中等餐馆吃火锅自助餐一共值五块人民币而汉堡包比它贵五倍唯一的国家。您去搞明白吧......
China's the only country where three people can eat at a mid-range hotpot buffet for only 5 RMB, but a hamburger costs five times as much. Figure that one out!