朙 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 12 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 「明」の古字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「月」 + 音符「囧」。「あかるい」を意味する漢語{明}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bright, clear, intelligent, light, brilliant, to understand, to illustrate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • メイ
  • ミョウ
  • ミン
Kun (native)
  • あ(かり)
  • あか(るい)
  • あか(るむ)
  • あか(らむ)
  • あき(らか)
  • あ(ける)
  • あ(くる)
  • あ(かす)
Other languages
  • 拼音ming2
  • Hán-ViệtHào
  • Hán-ViệtMinh

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
月(つき)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+6719

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰囧月

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Lookup codes

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