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明朝 (Míng cháo): meaning and stroke order

明朝 (Míng cháo) means Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), tomorrow morning, the following morning.

明朝

Simplified
明朝
Traditional
明朝 (same form)
Pinyin
Míng cháo · míng zhāo

Stroke order of 明朝

明

  • Míng Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming
  • míng bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

朝

  • Cháo abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
  • cháo imperial or royal court; government
  • zhāo morning
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 明朝

  1. Míng cháo
    • Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
  2. míng zhāo
    • tomorrow morning
    • the following morning

Radicals of the characters

明
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 8 strokes · 日 on the left, 月 on the right
朝
Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 12 strokes · 𠦝 on the left, 月 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

明朝 in our stories

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  • 明朝的时候，书生顾青去京城考试，路上下起了大雨，只好在一座没有人的老庙里过夜。

    Míngcháo de shíhou shūshēng Gù Qīng qù jīngchéng kǎoshì lù shàng xià qǐ le dà yǔ zhǐhǎo zài yí zuò méiyǒu rén de lǎo miào lǐ guòyè

    In the Ming dynasty, a scholar called Gu Qing was travelling to the capital for the examinations. Caught in a downpour, he had to spend the night in an old, deserted temple.

    From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5

Stories using 明朝

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).