证明 (zhèng míng)

Character breakdown

• 证 (zhèng) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 證.

• 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).