月明

Chinese

moon; month
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad.
(月明)
anagram 明月

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (4)
Final () (68) (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjwot mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋʉɐt̚/ /mˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷiɐt̚/ /mᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiuɐt̚/ /miaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuat̚/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ŋiuɐt̚/ /miɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭwɐt̚/ /mĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯wɐt̚/ /mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuè míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyut6 ming4

Noun

月明

  1. moonlight
  2. (Jilu, Jiaoliao and Central Plains Mandarin, Jin) moon

Synonyms

  • (moonlight):
  • (moon):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (月明):
  • Japanese: 月明(げつめい) (getsumei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
げつ
Grade: 1
めい
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

(げつ) (getsu, moon) + (めい) (mei, light)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つめー [gètsúméé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡe̞t͡sɨᵝme̞ː]

Noun

(げつ)(めい) • (getsumei) 

  1. moonlight

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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