明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
明星
míngxīng
celebrity; star
Characters in this word
星 xīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她是明星。 Tā shì míngxīng. She is a star.
- 我喜欢明星。 Wǒ xǐhuān míngxīng. I like celebrities.
- 明星来了。 Míngxīng lái le. The star has arrived.
Related words
- 明白 míngbai to understand; clear
- 明年 míngnián next year
- 明天 míngtiān tomorrow
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 表明 biǎomíng to show; to make clear
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 光明 guāngmíng bright; hopeful
- 明确 míngquè clear; definite
- 明显 míngxiǎn obvious
- 声明 shēngmíng statement
- 文明 wénmíng civilized
- 证明 zhèngmíng to prove