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洺

míng

Character

What 洺 means

1. name of a river

Sounds the same

Read míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 名name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 明bright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 铭to engrave; inscribed motto
• 鸣to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 冥dark; deep; stupid
• 茗Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
• 溟to drizzle; sea
• 暝dark
• 螟boring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 瞑to close (the eyes)
• 眳space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
• 榠used in 榠楂

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• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read míng correctly.
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