明星

Character by character

• 明míng8 strokesHSK 1bright, light, brilliant; clear
• 星xīng9 strokesHSK 1a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 明星. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 明白míng baiHSK 1

  clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize

• 明显míng xiǎnHSK 3

  clear; distinct; obvious

• 证明zhèng míngHSK 3

  proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 聪明cōng mingHSK 5

  intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing)

• 星期xīng qīHSK 1

  week; day of the week; Sunday

• 明确míng quèHSK 3

  clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 声明shēng míngHSK 3

  to state; to declare; statement; declaration

• 文明wén míngHSK 3

  civilized; civilization; culture

• 卫星wèi xīngHSK 5

  satellite; moon

• 发明fā míngHSK 3

  to invent; an invention

• 明明míng míngHSK 5

  obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely

• 星星xīng xingHSK 2

  (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky

• 光明guāng míngHSK 3

  light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted

• 星座xīng zuòHSK 7

  constellation; astrological sign

• 透明tòu míngHSK 4

  transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny

• 星期天xīng qī tiānHSK 1

  Sunday

• 明智míng zhìHSK 7

  sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious

• 查明chá míngHSK 7

  to investigate and find out; to ascertain

• 巨星jù xīngHSK 7

  (astronomy) giant star; (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)

• 外星人wài xīng rénHSK 7

  space alien; extraterrestrial