Chinese

光明

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
light; illumination; brightness; brilliance
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese光 “light; beam; ray (Classifier: 束 m; 道 m)”
    • ideaChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”
    • ideaChinese卩 “kneeling person”
  • characterChinese明 “bright; light; brilliant”
    • ideaChinese日 “Sun”
    • componentChinese囧 “patterned window; a clear and bright window; shining, brightness”
    • componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
    • componentChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
    • ideaChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”

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