聪明 cōngming clever

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Traditional: 聰明

Stroke order

聪明 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

聪明 — the Chinese character for clever (cōngming), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 聪明 — clever

聪 — 15 strokes
明 — 8 strokes

Senses

intelligent; clever; bright
acute (of sight and hearing)

Characters in 聪明

聪 cōng — (literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
明 míng — bright; (of meaning) clear; to understand

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

他很聪明。Tā hěn cōngming.He is very clever.
你的妹妹很聪明。Nǐ de mèimei hěn cōngming.Your younger sister is clever.

Related words

聪明 is pronounced cōngming and means “clever”.

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