(míng)

13 strokes

to drizzle

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
míng
Meaning
to drizzle; sea
Strokes
13
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵冥

A gloomy 冥 rainy 氵 day

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

míngdǎo

an island in the sea

Open 溟岛 page →
míngchí

the northern sea

Open 溟池 page →
mínghǎi

a dark sea

Open 溟海 page →

Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition

Open 梁漱溟 page →

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