Question

盟 alliance, oath 1 587 13 108 さら 会意 Compound Ideographic In order to form alliances, you should sit down for a meal and eat until your dish is bright or clear; in other words, get to know people first, before you talk business.

Accepted Answer

メイ 同盟(どうめい): alliance; union; league連盟(れんめい): league; federation; union; alliance 6 明: bright; light皿: dish; a helping; plate 皿 5 (none) alliance A new alliance is proclaimed at the end of a meal between officials. As a symbol of their alliance they clean up together one dish, and present it to the photographers. The clean dish under the flash lights appears very bright, and it´s pretty much all you can see on the photo that appears on the next morning´s newspapers, with the title "New alliance, one bright dish!".

Kanji	盟
Onyomi	メイ
English	alliance, oath
Examples	同盟(どうめい): alliance; union; league 連盟(れんめい): league; federation; union; alliance
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	587
Components	明: bright; light 皿: dish; a helping; plate
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	皿
Radical Number	108
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	さら
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	alliance
Koohii Story 1	In order to form alliances, you should sit down for a meal and eat until your dish is bright or clear; in other words, get to know people first, before you talk business.
Koohii Story 2	A new alliance is proclaimed at the end of a meal between officials. As a symbol of their alliance they clean up together one dish, and present it to the photographers. The clean dish under the flash lights appears very bright, and it´s pretty much all you can see on the photo that appears on the next morning´s newspapers, with the title "New alliance, one bright dish!".

Alliance Union Meal Dish Bright Clean Appears 盟