明智 (míng zhì)

Character breakdown

• 明 (Míng) · 8 strokes

  The character was originally depicted moonlight (月) shining through a window (囧). The 囧 component was later reanalyzed as 日 (sun).

• 智 (zhì) · 12 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 知 represents the sound and 甘 represents the meaning..