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说明 (shuō míng): meaning and stroke order

说明 (shuō míng) means to explain, to illustrate, to indicate, to show, to prove, explanation, directions.

说明

Simplified
说明
Traditional
說明
Pinyin
shuō míng

Stroke order of 说明

说

  • shuì to persuade
  • shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment
  • shuō variant of 說|说[shuo1]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 說

Stroke by stroke

明

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

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 说明

  1. shuō míng Traditional 說明
    • to explain
    • to illustrate
    • to indicate
    • to show
    • to prove
    • explanation
    • directions
    • caption
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

说
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 讠 on the left, 兑 on the right
明
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 8 strokes · 日 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.

说明 in our stories

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  • 他再请朋友来，让他坐在同一个位置，朋友又看见了杯里的“蛇”。乐广指着墙上的弓说明了真相，朋友的病当场就好了。

    tā zài qǐng péngyou lái ràng tā zuò zài tóng yí gè wèizhi péngyou yòu kànjiàn le bēi lǐ de shé Yuè Guǎng zhǐ zhe qiáng shàng de gōng shuōmíng le zhēnxiàng péngyou de bìng dāngchǎng jiù hǎo le

    He invited his friend back and seated him in the same place; the friend saw the "snake" in his cup again. Yue Guang pointed to the bow on the wall and explained, and the friend's illness vanished on the spot.

    From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 庄子却说：“我们回到最开始吧。你问我怎么知道鱼快乐，说明你已经知道我知道了，才来问我。我是在这座桥上知道的。”

    Zhuāngzǐ què shuō wǒmen huídào zuì kāishǐ ba nǐ wèn wǒ zěnme zhīdao yú kuàilè shuōmíng nǐ yǐjīng zhīdao wǒ zhīdao le cái lái wèn wǒ wǒ shì zài zhè zuò qiáo shàng zhīdao de

    But Zhuangzi said: "Let's go back to the beginning. You asked me how I knew the fish were happy, which shows you already knew that I knew, and that's why you asked. I knew it here on this bridge."

    From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 说明

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).