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茗

míng

Character

What 茗 means

1. Thea sinensis
2. young leaves of tea

Words containing 茗

• 品茗pǐn míngto taste tea; to sip tea
• 枯茗kū míng(loanword) cumin
• 黑枯茗hēi kū míngblack cumin (Nigella sativa)

Characters built on 名

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

• 铭míngto engrave; inscribed motto
• 酩mǐngused in 酩酊
• 眳míngspace between the eyebrows and the eyelashes

Characters that look like 茗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 夏xiàsummer
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 茵yīnmattress
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 苴jū(hemp); sack cloth

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
• 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
• 洺name of a river
• 榠used in 榠楂