Character Contained In References Comments
Some common words starting with 明 (sorted with most frequently used words at top):
Trad Simp Pinyin English
明显 ming2xian3 obvious
明确 ming2que4 clear
明天 ming2tian1 tomorrow
明年 ming2nian2 next year
明亮 ming2liang4 brightness
明明 明明 ming2ming2 brightly
明白 ming2bai5 to realize
明日 ming2ri4 tomorrow
明文 ming2wen2 (laws rules etc) state in writing
明星 ming2xing1 celebrity
明细 ming2xi4 particulars

Other common words containing 明:
Trad Simp Pinyin English
证明 zheng4ming2 to prove
说明 shuo1ming2 explanation
表明 biao3ming2 make known
声明 sheng1ming2 to announce
发明 fa1ming2 to invent
文明 wen2ming2 civilized
不明 bu4ming2 fail to understand
透明 tou4ming2 transparent
鲜明 xian1ming2 vivid
光明 guang1ming2 promising
阐明 chan3ming2 to clarify
不透明 bu2tou4ming2 opaque
胡志明 hu2zhi4ming2 Ho Chi Minh
半透明 ban4tou4ming2 translucent
怀俄明 huai2e2ming2 Wyoming US state
千流明 qian1liu2ming2 kilolumen
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Other character descriptions which reference 明:

Semantic:
𦟁

Phonetic:

meng:

Phonetic (simplified characters):

meng: ()