明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
明年
míngnián
next year
Characters in this word
年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 明年我去中国。 Míngnián wǒ qù Zhōngguó. I'm going to China next year.
- 我明年想学汉语。 Wǒ míngnián xiǎng xué Hànyǔ. I want to learn Chinese next year.
- 明年他二十岁。 Míngnián tā èrshí suì. He'll be twenty next year.