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幽明

yōu míng

2-character word

What 幽明 means

1. the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts

The characters in 幽明

• 幽yōuremote; hidden away; secluded
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Sounds the same

Read yōu míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 幽冥dark; hell; netherworld

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