Meta:

  1. 明 is the 121st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 201 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (sun/day), (moon)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Ming2 - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming/Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  2. ming2 - bright/opposite: dark 暗[an4]/(of meaning) clear/to understand/next/public or open/wise/generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

明天 
明星 
明白 

Medium Frequency

三明治 
不明 
光明 
分明 
天明 
姚明 
文明 
昆明 
 
明亮 
明信片 
明儿 (明兒)
明天见 (明天見)
明媚 
明年 
明日 
明明 
明智 
明月 
明朗 
明珠 
明知 
明确 (明確)
明显 (明顯)
发明 (發明)
精明 
聪明 (聰明)
声明 (聲明)
表明 
说明 (說明)
证明 (證明)
透明 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
鲜明 (鮮明)
黎明 

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Meta:

  1. 白 is the 286th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 243 words.
  4. appears as a component in 120 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (white)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Bai2 - surname Bai
  2. bai2 - white/snowy/pure/bright/empty/blank/plain/clear/to make clear/in vain/gratuitous/free of charge/reactionary/anti-communist/funeral/to stare coldly/to write wrong character/to state/to explain/vernacular/spoken lines in opera

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 白 (bai2): The component 白 is pronounced as 'bai2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

明白 
 
白天 
白羊座 
白色 

Medium Frequency

伊丽莎白 (伊麗莎白)
告白 
坦白 
大白菜 
太白 
对白 (對白)
旁白 
李白 
清白 
洁白 (潔白)
独白 (獨白)
白人 
白吃 
白嫩 
白宫 (白宮)
白日 
白日梦 (白日夢)
白昼 (白晝)
白求恩 
白净 (白淨)
白痴 
白白 
白皙 
白眼 
白糖 
白花花 
白茫茫 
白菜 
白血病 
白话 (白話)
白费 (白費)
白酒 
白醋 
白金 
白银 (白銀)
白开水 (白開水)
白雪 
白云 (白雲)
白云区 (白雲區)
白领 (白領)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
白饭 (白飯)
白发 (白髮)
白鲸 (白鯨)
直白 
空白 
美白 
苍白 (蒼白)
苍白无力 (蒼白無力)
蛋白 
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
表白 
雪白 
黑白 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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