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Mythic Mandarin

明显 (míng xiǎn): meaning and stroke order

明显 (míng xiǎn) means clear, distinct, obvious.

明显

Simplified
明显
Traditional
明顯
Pinyin
míng xiǎn

Stroke order of 明显

明

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

Stroke by stroke

显

  • xiǎn to make visible; to reveal
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 顯

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 明显

  1. míng xiǎn Traditional 明顯
    • clear
    • distinct
    • obvious

Radicals of the characters

明
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 8 strokes · 日 on the left, 月 on the right
显
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 业 below

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.

明显 in our stories

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  • 后来，公司越做越大，投资人越来越多，两人的分歧也越来越明显。

    hòulái gōngsī yuè zuò yuè dà tóuzīrén yuèláiyuè duō liǎng rén de fēnqí yě yuèláiyuè míngxiǎn

    Later the company grew and grew, the investors multiplied, and so did the disagreements between them.

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 明显

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).