明年

Character by character

• 明míng8 strokesHSK 1bright, light, brilliant; clear
• 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 明年. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 年niánHSK 1

  grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 明白míng baiHSK 1

  clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize

• 明显míng xiǎnHSK 3

  clear; distinct; obvious

• 证明zhèng míngHSK 3

  proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of

• 今年jīn niánHSK 1

  this year

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 年轻nián qīngHSK 2

  young

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 明星míng xīngHSK 2

  star; celebrity

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 聪明cōng mingHSK 5

  intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing)

• 年龄nián língHSK 5

  (a person's) age

• 明确míng quèHSK 3

  clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

• 声明shēng míngHSK 3

  to state; to declare; statement; declaration

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 新年xīn niánHSK 1

  New Year

• 文明wén míngHSK 3

  civilized; civilization; culture

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 青年qīng niánHSK 2

  youth; youthful years; young person; the young

• 周年zhōu niánHSK 2

  anniversary; annual

• 年度nián dùHSK 5

  year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

  early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man