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冥

míng

dark, gloomy, night; deep

💡 Ideographic: The sun 日, covered 冖, with 六 providing the pronunciation

HSK 10 strokes Common (28%)

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⿳冖日六 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

mì

冖

cover

📷 Pictographic: A cover-cloth

2 strokes

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

liù

六

six

4 strokes HSK 1

tóu

亠

lid, cover; head

2 strokes

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 冥 (21)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

冥 ↗

míng

dark / deep / stupid / the underworld

míng

冥 ↗

dark / deep / stupid / the underworld

冥 ↗

míng

old variant of [[冥<míng>]]

míng

冥 ↗

old variant of [[冥<míng>]]

to rack one's innermost brains (idiom)

míngsīkǔsuǒ

冥思苦索 ↗

to rack one's innermost brains (idiom)

冥思苦想 ↗

míngsīkǔxiǎng

to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard / to rack one's brains

míngsīkǔxiǎng

冥思苦想 ↗

to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard / to rack one's brains

posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)

mínghūn

冥婚 ↗

posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)

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