あきら
メイ, ミョウ, ミン, 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, あけ, あす, きら, け, さや, さやか, とし, はる, み, め
bright, light

This kanji has 8 strokes: 4 in the "sun" radical (にち) and 4 other strokes.

Sample compounds (53) :


  1. あかり
    lamplight, light (in general), brightness

  2. あく
    to be open
  3. るむ
    あかるむ
    to brighten, to be refreshed
  4. らか
    あきらか
    obvious, evident, clear, plain
  5. かす
    あかす
    to pass, spend, to reveal, to divulge
  6. らかになる
    あきらかになる
    to become clear
  7. けましておめでとうございます
    あけましておめでとうございます
    Happy New Year

  8. ふめい
    (an) unknown, obscure, indistinct, uncertain, ambiguous, ignorant, lack of wisdom, anonymous, unidentified

  9. へいめい
    (an) clear, simple

  10. ゆうめい
    semidarkness, deep and strange, hades, the present and the other world, dark and light

  11. しつめい
    loss of eyesight

  12. ねんあけ
    expiration of a term of service
  13. かし
    よあかし
    staying up all night, all night vigil

  14. めいりょう
    (an) lucid, clear, plain

  15. ぶんみょう
    clearness, clear understanding

  16. こうめい
    fairness, justice

  17. はんめい
    (vs) establishing, proving, identifying, confirming

  18. くちあけ
    start, beginning

  19. こうみょう
    glory, hope, right future

  20. しょうめい
    (vs) manifest, exhibiting clearly
  21. ける
    うちあける
    (io) to be frank, to speak one's mind, to open one's heart
  22. ける
    うちあける
    to be frank, to speak one's mind, to open one's heart
  23. かり
    あかりとり
    skylight, dormer, transom

  24. めいぶん
    statement (e.g. law)

  25. みょうにち
    tomorrow

  26. あした
    tomorrow
  27. くる
    あくるひ
    next day, following day

  28. めいせき
    (an) clear
  29. かり
    つきあかり
    moonlight

  30. めいじ
    Meiji era

  31. なきあかす
    to weep the night out

  32. せいめい
    pure & clear

  33. あけわたす
    to vacate, to surrender

  34. めいちょう
    lucidity

  35. しょうめい
    illumination

  36. めいはく
    obvious

  37. めいかく
    clear up, clarify, define

  38. きゅうめい
    investigation

  39. きゅうめい
    searching examination

  40. めいび
    (an) picturesque, beautiful

  41. みょうちょう
    tomorrow morning

  42. じめい
    (a-no) obvious, self-evident, axiomatic, self-explanatory

  43. えいめい
    (an) intelligent, wise, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted

  44. はくめい
    twilight, dusk, faint light

  45. めいかい
    clear understanding

  46. めいげん
    declaration, statement

  47. げんめい
    declaration, statement, assertion
  48. かす
    ときあかす
    to explain, to solve, to make clear
  49. かす
    かたりあかす
    to talk all the night

  50. とうめい
    (an) transparency, cleanness

  51. かいめい
    civilization, enlightenment
  52. かす
    のみあかす
    to drink the night away

  53. せんめい
    (an) vivid, clear, distinct
Kanji Character : 明
Kuten Encoding : 4432
SJIS Encoding : 4c40
Unicode Encoding : 660e
Old Nelson Index : 2110
Radical Number : 72
Frequency Ranking : 89
Gakken Index : 84
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 855
Heisig Index : 20
Henshall Index : 208
New Nelson Index : 2435
O'Neil Index : 623
Stroke Count : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 4c4.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : c
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 18
SKIP Code : 1-4-4
De Roo Code : 3846
Four Corner Code : 6702.0
Korean reading : myeong
Pinyin reading : ming2
Morohashi Index String : 13805
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 5.0763
Morohashi Index Number : 13805
Morohashi Page : 763
Morohashi Volume : 5
Cross Index Codes
  1. J14272
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3846
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