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明míng媒méi正zhèng娶qǔ

  1. to be officially wed

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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明
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

Pinyin
Míng
Strokes
8
Frequency
4563 of 2500
Words starting with 明Words ending in 明Anywhere in a word
媒
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

medium, intermediary, matchmaker, go-between, abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media

Pinyin
méi
Strokes
12
Words starting with 媒Words ending in 媒Anywhere in a word
正
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

first month of the lunar year

Pinyin
zhēng
Strokes
5
Frequency
588 of 2500
Words starting with 正Words ending in 正Anywhere in a word
娶
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to take a wife, to marry (a woman)

Pinyin
qǔ
Strokes
11
Frequency
1871 of 2500
Words starting with 娶Words ending in 娶Anywhere in a word