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明

bright, light

JLPTN3School grade2Strokes8Frequency#67
Kun
あかり · あかるい · あかるむ · あからむ · あきらか · あける · -あけ · あく · あくる · あかすakari · akarui · akarumu · akaramu · akiraka · akeru · ake · aku · akuru · akasue.g.明日あしたtomorrow
On
メイ · ミョウ · ミンmei · myou · min

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
日sun
Parts
  • 日sun
  • 月moon

Used in words

  • 明日(あした)
    tomorrow
  • 明(あか)るい
    bright
  • 明
    明後日(あさって)
    day after tomorrow

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