Kanji1 / 8
明 kanji
bright, light
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
Practice writing
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On readings
メイミョウミン
Kun readings
あかりあかるいあかるむあからむあきらかあける-あけあくあくるあかす
Variant forms
朙Words with 明
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —アステカ文明Aztec civilization
- —原発不明がんcancer of unknown primary; CUP
- —ルート証明書root certificate
- —ゼロ知識証明zero-knowledge proof; ZKP
- —現場不在証明alibi
- —国立陽明大学National Yang-Ming University
- —比較文明学会Japan Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations; JSCSC
- —明海大学病院Meikai University Hospital
- —明鏡国語辞典Meikyo Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Taishukan)
- —明治学院大学Meiji Gakuin University
- —明治薬科大学Meiji Pharmaceutical University
- —明治鍼灸大学Meiji College of Oriental Medicine
- —核不使用声明Declaration on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (2013)
- —必要は発明の母necessity is the mother of invention
- —抹消登録証明書proof of vehicle having been registered as disposed of
- —アクセント照明accent lighting
- —納税者証明番号tax identification number; TIN
- —真相究明委員会fact-finding committee
- —預金残高証明書bank certificate; bank certification; bank certification of deposit
- —証明証通し番号certificate serial number