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茗

míng
noun #63,594

Meanings

  1. 1 tea
  2. 2 young tea leaves

Examples

HSK 6
朋友们聚在一起品茗聊天。
Péngyou men jù zài yī qǐ pǐn míng liáotiān.
Friends gathered to brew tea and chat at their leisure.
HSK 7-9
湖边有一家清静的茗馆。
Húbiān yǒu yìjiā qīngjìng de míng guǎn.
There is a quiet teahouse by the lake.

Tips

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茗 is an elegant, literary word for tea, seen in 品茗 ("to savour tea"). Everyday speech just uses 茶 (chá).

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
艹 is the grass radical, marking 茗 as the leaves of the tea plant.
phonetic
名 míng
name
名 gives the exact sound míng and carries no meaning in 茗; it is purely the phonetic.

Stroke Order

茗 míng