夜明

Chinese

		night	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (夜明)		夜	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèmíng
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-ming²
    • Yale: yè-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehming
    • Palladius: емин (jemin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/

Verb

夜明

1. (literary) to glow at night

Derived terms

• 夜明杖
• 夜明枕
• 夜明犀
• 夜明珠 (yèmíngzhū)
• 夜明砂 (yèmíngshā)
• 夜明簾／夜明帘
• 夜明苔
• 夜明錶／夜明表

 

Noun

夜明

1. (literary, historical) altar of the moon
2. (literary) moon
3. (literary, historical) name of a gem

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夜	明
よ Grade: 2	あ(け) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 夜明 – see the following entry.

【よあけ】 [noun] dawn; daybreak Alternative spelling 夜明け

(This term, 夜明, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夜	明
よ Grade: 2	あ(かし) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 夜明 – see the following entry.

【よあかし】 [noun] staying up all night [verb] to stay up all night Alternative spelling 夜明かし

(This term, 夜明, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)