Chinese

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moon; month
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
 
simp. and trad.
(月明)
anagram 明月

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (4)
Final () (68) (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjwot mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋʉɐt̚/ /mˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷiɐt̚/ /mᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiuɐt̚/ /miaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuat̚/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ŋiuɐt̚/ /miɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭwɐt̚/ /mĭɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯wɐt̚/ /mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuè míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyut6 ming4

Noun

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月明

  1. moonlight
  2. (Jilu, Jiaoliao and Central Plains Mandarin, Jin) moon

Synonyms

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  • (moonlight):
  • (moon):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (月明):
  • Japanese: 月明(げつめい) (getsumei)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
げつ
Grade: 1
めい
Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

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(げつ) (getsu, moon) + (めい) (mei, light)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(げつ)(めい) (getsumei

  1. moonlight

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN