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A name from a poem

空明

Pinyin kōng míngfor anyone

Clarity like empty brightness on water.

What’s wished for

水光瀲灩晴方好 — 蘇軾. 赤壁賦空明;非明澈.

Where it comes from

水光潋滟晴方好

shuǐ guāng liàn yàn qíng fāng hǎo

“The brimming waves delight the eye on sunny days;”

— Su Shi, “Drinking at West Lake: First Sun, Then Rain” (饮湖上初晴后雨)

About the two characters
空
sky, empty
明
bright; clear to the eye

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