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文明 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
文明 ＝ 文 ＋ 明
ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ · wénmíng
noun/adjective — civilization; civilized; cultured

字源 FORM — what the parts do

文writing; culture (文化)wén
明bright; clear (光明)míng日 (sun) + 月 (moon) — two sources of light together
文明，文化的文，光明的明。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

文字一刻，日月一同升起。
Characters cut into stone (文) — and sun-and-moon (明) rise together: the world lights up as it learns to write.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
文化wénhuàculture — the same 文, the component that produces civilization野蠻yěmánbarbaric — the antonym