明月
明月 in English
- bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2]
Measure word
- 轮 lún wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events... attested
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
明
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 23 forms
月
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 17 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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海上升明月，天涯共此时。
As the moon rises above the sea, we share the same time though we are far apart.