See also:
U+6719, 朙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6719

[U+6718]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+671A]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 74, 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田月月 (WBB), composition )

Derived characters

  • 𥂗, 𦹩, 𪆌

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14366
  • Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2078, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6719

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic (OC *kʷaŋʔ, window) + semantic (moon) – the moon shining through a window – moonlight; bright. See (OC *mraŋ) for other forms.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“bright; light; brilliant; clear; limpid; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: みょう (myō)
  • Kan-on: めい (mei)
  • Kun: あかり (akari, 朙かり)あかるい (akarui, 朙るい)あかるむ (akarumu, 朙るむ)

Korean

Hanja

• (myeong) (hangeul , revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng)

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Vietnamese

 

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: minh ((mi)(binh)(thiết))
: Nôm readings: mừng, minh, mầng, miêng, mênh

  1. alternative form of (chữ Hán form of minh (bright; clear))

Note