照明 (zhào míng)

Character breakdown

• 照 (zhào) · 13 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 昭 represents the sound.

• 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).