IDENTITY
明míngbright; clear; tomorrow
HSK 1Top 105
CORE MEANING
bright; clear; tomorrow
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.brightHSK3
- 2.tomorrowHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 日sun radical (rì)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰日月
- sun
- moon; sun and moon together = brightness
USAGE
Common words
明天míngtiāntomorrow
明白míngbaito understand
聪明cōngmingsmart
Graded examples
明天是星期天。Míngtiān shì xīngqītiān.HSK1
Tomorrow is Sunday.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Sun (日) plus moon (月) — both shining is bright.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #105
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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