明亮 (míng liàng)

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).

• 亮 (liàng) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 人 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound. Depicts a person (人) in a high place (京).