How to Say
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míng
Radical: 日 14 strokes
Meaning: dark
💡 Sun (日) under cover (冥) = 'dark' like at dusk.
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暝 (míng) meaning in English —

Detective's log: Character 暝 (míng), 'dark' (especially dusk). Radical 日 (sun) + 冥 (dark, deep). Evidence shows it originally depicted the sun sinking below the horizon—the moment day turns to night. In classical texts, it often describes twilight or closing one's eyes in death. Usage is literary, not colloquial.

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