- (yún) sun light; used in personal name
- (áng) to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive
20 entries starting with 昂
- (zè) afternoon; decline
- (bǎn) great; expansive
- (kūn) Kunlun mountains
- (kūn) descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry
25 entries starting with 昆
- (fǎng) dawn; to begin
- (hào) surname Hao
- (hào) vast and limitless; the vast sky
3 entries starting with 昊
- (chāng) surname Chang
- (chāng) prosperous; flourishing
32 entries starting with 昌
- (míng) 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
- (míng) bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
111 entries starting with 明
- (hūn) muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
16 entries starting with 昏
- (qǐn) bright
- (yì) surname Yi
- (yì) easy; amiable; to change; to exchange
32 entries starting with 易
- (xī) surname Xi
- (xī) former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
6 entries starting with 昔
- (xīn) dawn
- (tán) dark clouds
3 entries starting with 昙
- (yáng) to open out, to expand; bright, glorious
- (zǎn) surname Zan
- (bǐng) variant of 炳[bing3]
- (xīng) star; satellite; small amount
64 entries starting with 星
- (yìng) reflect; shine
8 entries starting with 映
- (xuàn) long day; extended; relaxed
- (līng) sunshine
- (chūn) spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
62 entries starting with 春
- (mèi) conceal; dark
5 entries starting with 昧
- (zuó) yesterday
5 entries starting with 昨
- (xù) variant of 煦[xu4]; balmy; nicely warm; cozy
- (zhāo) bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
18 entries starting with 昭
- (shì) is; are; am; yes; to be
13 entries starting with 是
- (shì) variant of 是; name
- (yù) bright light
2 entries starting with 昱
- (dié) the declining sun in the west
- (mǎo) the Pleiades
3 entries starting with 昴
- (nì) variant of 暱|昵[ni4]
- (nì) familiar; intimate; to approach
5 entries starting with 昵
- (chǎng) (of the day) long; old variant of 暢|畅[chang4]
- (bǐng) bright; glorious
- (áng) variant of 昂,; to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive
- (zhòu) daytime
5 entries starting with 昼
- (lóng) twilight; approaching light of dawn; dim
- (xiǎn) prominent; conspicuous; Greek stem: phanero-
54 entries starting with 显
- (cháo) surname Chao
- (huǎng) to dazzle; to flash past
- (huàng) to sway; to shake
5 entries starting with 晃
- (huǎng) old variant of 晃[huang3]
- (xuān) light of the sun; to dry in the sun
- (jìn) surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265-420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946); short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1 xi1]
- (jìn) to move forward; to promote; to advance
22 entries starting with 晋
- (shǎng) part of the day; midday
2 entries starting with 晌
- (yàn) surname Yan
- (yàn) late; quiet
7 entries starting with 晏
- (shài) variant of 曬|晒[shai4]
- (shài) to dry in the sun; to sunbathe; to share files (loan from "share")
15 entries starting with 晒
- (xiǎo) dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
4 entries starting with 晓
- (yè) bright light; to sparkle
- (yūn) confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out
- (yùn) dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun
19 entries starting with 晕
- (huī) sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[hui1]
2 entries starting with 晖
- (hán) before daybreak; dawn about to break; used in given names
- (wǎn) evening; night; late
24 entries starting with 晚
- (xiàn) to appear (of sun)
- (kūn) descendant; elder brother
- (xī) dawn; to dry in the sun
- (chéng) variant of 成; surname Cheng
- (shèng) brightness of sun; splendor
2 entries starting with 晟
- (bū) 3-5 p.m.
- (zhé) bright
- (wù) meet (socially)
2 entries starting with 晤
- (hàn) Anhui province
- (huì) dark; night; unlucky
4 entries starting with 晦
- (chén) morning; dawn; daybreak
12 entries starting with 晨
- (wǎn) variant of 晚[wan3]
- (zuì) 1st birthday of a child
- (pǔ) general; popular; everywhere; universal
112 entries starting with 普
- (jǐng) surname Jing
- (jǐng) bright; circumstance; scenery
37 entries starting with 景
- (xī) understanding
- (qíng) clear; fine (weather)
10 entries starting with 晴
- (jīng) crystal
16 entries starting with 晶
- (guǐ) sundial
- (zhì) wisdom; knowledge
29 entries starting with 智
- (liàng) to dry in the air
3 entries starting with 晾
- (chēng) (used in names)
- (xiǎo) Japanese variant of 曉|晓
- (zàn) temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]
14 entries starting with 暂
- (xuān) genial and warm
2 entries starting with 暄
- (yí) (of the sun) declining
- (xiá) leisure
- (mín) unhappy; worried; depressed
- (mǐn) strong; vigorous
2 entries starting with 暋
- (kuí) in opposition to; separated from
- (hè) hot
- (wěi) the bright shining of the sun
- (shǔ) heat; hot weather; summer heat
10 entries starting with 暑
- (nán) name of a country
- (jiǎn) bright (light)
- (nuǎn) warm; to heat; genial
21 entries starting with 暖
- (àn) dark; gloomy; hidden; secret; muddled; obscure; in the dark
- (àn) to close (a door); to eclipse; muddled; stupid; ignorant; variant of 暗[an4]
62 entries starting with 暗
- (míng) dark
- (gǎo) daybreak; bright and brilliant
- (wěng) see 暡曚[weng3 meng2]
2 entries starting with 暡
- (lì) Japanese variant of 曆|历; the calendar
- (ài) (of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine; dubious
3 entries starting with 暧
- (jì) and; to reach to; the limits
3 entries starting with 暨
- (mèn) dark
- (mù) evening; sunset
9 entries starting with 暮
- (zhāng) bright; to rise (of sun)
- (bào) surname Bao
- (bào) sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
43 entries starting with 暴
- (hàn) dry; hot
- (liǎo) bright, clear
- (xiān) sunrise
4 entries starting with 暹
- (jǐng) bright
- (tūn) sun above the horizon
2 entries starting with 暾
- (yì) obscure; sun hidden by clouds
- (tóng) sun about to rise
- (zhào) name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
- (xiàng) surname Xiang
- (xiàng) variant of 向, direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly; to side with; to be partial to; all along (previously)
2 entries starting with 曏
- (shǔ) daybreak; dawn; the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor); Taiwan pr. [shu4]
2 entries starting with 曙
- (méng) twilight before dawn
- (xūn) twilight; sunset
- (yào) bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy
- (pù) to air; to sun
5 entries starting with 曝
- (dié) variant of 疊|叠[die2], to fold; to fold over in layers; to furl; to layer; to pile up; to repeat; to duplicate
- (xī) light of day
- (nǎng) in former times
- (yuē) to speak; to say
- (qū) bent; crooked; wrong
- (qǔ) tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]
54 entries starting with 曲
- (yè) drag
- (gēng) to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- (gèng) more; even more; further; still; still more
43 entries starting with 更
- (hé) why; how; when; what; where
- (cáo) surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- (cáo) class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
16 entries starting with 曹
- (màn) handsome; large; long
23 entries starting with 曼
- (céng) variant of 曾[ceng2]; already; former; used in Japanese names with phonetic value zo, so or sō
- (zēng) surname Zeng
- (céng) once; already; former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- (zēng) great-grand (father, child etc)
26 entries starting with 曾
- (tì) to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
19 entries starting with 替