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Words containing 明:

There are 11 words starting with 明 and at least 12 other words containing 明 in this database. The average frequency of words in the database containing this character is rank red very high

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Other characters containing 明 as a component:

There are 4 character descriptions containing a reference to this character of which 2 so far have been determined to contain this as a phonetic component. The average frequency of all characters in the database containing this component is rank lightblue low
Phonetic:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
meng2 the name of a plant whose berries are used in fevers rank darkblue 0
meng2 people rank lightblue 2

Semantic or reference:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
𦟁 𦟁 rank darkblue 0

Other: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
zhao4 same as 照 rank darkblue 0
Some common words starting with 明: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
明显 ming2xian3 obvious rank red
明确 ming2que4 clear rank red
明天 ming2tian1 tomorrow rank red
明年 ming2nian2 next year rank red
明亮 ming2liang4 brightness rank orange
明明 明明 ming2ming2 brightly rank orange
明白 ming2bai5 to realize rank orange
明日 ming2ri4 tomorrow rank orange
明文 ming2wen2 (laws rules etc) state in writing rank orange
明星 ming2xing1 celebrity rank yellow
明细 ming2xi4 particulars rank yellow

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