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溟

míng

Character

What 溟 means

1. to drizzle
2. sea

Words starting with 溟

• 溟岛míng dǎoan island in the sea
• 溟池míng chíthe northern sea
• 溟海míng hǎia dark sea
• 溟溟míng míngdrizzling; gloomy; dim
• 溟蒙míng méngdrizzling; gloomy; dim
• 溟漭míng mǎngvast and boundless

Words containing 溟

• 梁漱溟Liáng Shù míngLiang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition

Characters built on 冥

These share the phonetic component 冥 (míng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 螟míngboring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 瞑míngto close (the eyes)
• 暝míngdark

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
• 暝dark
• 螟boring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 瞑to close (the eyes)
• 眳space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
• 洺name of a river
• 榠used in 榠楂