明

Glyph origin
– the sun just rising and the moon not yet set – dawn. Alternatively, it may be interpreted as two bright celestial bodies – bright. This form was already found in the oracle bone script and was prevalent throughout the eras.

Three other forms were found in the oracle bone script:
 * < – the moon shining through a window – moonlight. This form was also prevalent in the ancient scripts and was considered to be the standard form in . See this form's entry for its historical forms.
 * < – bright eyes. This form was rarely attested, so it is still uncertain whether this form is actually equivalent to 明. It reappeared in the bamboo script of the, but this was probably a corruption of.
 * < – probably a corruption of the above forms.

Etymology
Of either origin, compare Or from, cognate with. For more see.
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 * (STDET); making it cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

is a derivative.

Definitions

 * 1) bright; light; brilliant
 * 2) clear; limpid transparent; light-conducting; not obscured
 * 3) manifest; apparent easily seen, perceived, or detected
 * 4) vision; sight the ability to see
 * 5)  acute; sharp; keen
 * 6)  intellect; knowledge; judgement; discernment; sensibility
 * 7)  intelligent; sensible; informed; wise
 * 8) to understand; to know
 * 9) evidently
 * 10)  to make known
 * 11) next; following
 * 12)  tomorrow
 * , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)  intellect; knowledge; judgement; discernment; sensibility
 * 2)  intelligent; sensible; informed; wise
 * 3) to understand; to know
 * 4) evidently
 * 5)  to make known
 * 6) next; following
 * 7)  tomorrow
 * , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1) evidently
 * 2)  to make known
 * 3) next; following
 * 4)  tomorrow
 * , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1) next; following
 * 2)  tomorrow
 * , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)  tomorrow
 * , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of

Etymology 1
From.

Affix

 * 1) bright, brightening
 * 2) clarifying, understanding
 * 3) brighten, enlighten
 * 4) open to the world
 * 5) deity, god

Noun

 * 1) brightness
 * 2) insight
 * 3) eyesight, vision

Etymology 2
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From.

The Buddhist senses are a translation of.

Affix

 * 1) bright
 * 2) light, lamp
 * 3) clarifying
 * 4) passing to the next in time
 * 5) graceful, respectful
 * 6)  passing of knowledge, scholarship, or study

Noun

 * 1)  knowledge or wisdom that dispels the darkness of ignorance and brings to the realization of truth; enlightenment
 * 2)  an esoteric mantra

Adnominal

 * 1) this coming...

Etymology 3
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Etymology 5
Nominalization of the stem of adjective.