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明 kanji
bright, light
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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
- —明滅flickering; blinking
- —明徴clarification
- —明色bright (light) colour (color)
- —明哲wisdom; sagacity; wise man
- —神明deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
- —明眸bright or beautiful eyes
- —明主wise ruler
- —明視clarity of vision
- —明断clear or definite judgement (judgment)
- —明媚picturesque (scenery); unspoilt; beautiful
- —明答definite answer
- —明達wisdom
- —明徳virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court; 1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan; 1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
- —明鏡polished mirror; clear mirror
- —著明clarity
- —澄明clear and bright
- —水明light shimmering on water
- —明初first year of Meiji era
- —疎明explanation (for purpose of convincing a judge)
- —闡明clarification; elucidation; explanation