英明 (yīng míng)

Character breakdown

• 英 (Yīng) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 央 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).