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Stroke order

Han character

名 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈口 (NIR), four-corner 2760₀, composition ⿱夕口)

Derived characters

• 銘 (铭)

References

• KangXi: page 175, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3297
• Dae Jaweon: page 391, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 582, character 6
• Unihan data for U+540D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 名
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 夕 ‎(“crescent”) + 口 ‎(“mouth”) — to say one's own name to identify oneself in the dark.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ ‎(“name”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

名

1. name
   • 凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就賜他們權柄，作神的儿女。 [MSC, trad.]
     凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就赐他们权柄，作神的儿女。 [MSC, simp.]
     From: John 1.12

     Fán jiēdài tā de, jiùshì xìn tā míng de rén, tā jiù cì tāmen quánbǐng, zuò Shén de érnǚ. [Pinyin]

     But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

2. given name
3. reputation; fame

   有名  ―  yǒumíng  ―  famous

4. famous; reputable

   名牌  ―  míngpái  ―  having a good brand name; a brand name product

5. (grammar) Short for 名詞／名词 (míngcí, “noun”).
6. (grammar) Short for 專有名詞／专有名词 (zhuānyǒu míngcí, “proper noun”).
7. to describe; to give details of
8. Classifier for place in a competition or position in a name list.
9. Classifier for people with a certain status or identity.

Synonyms

• (name): 名字 (míngzi)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: みょう (myō) < みやう (myau)
• Kan’on: めい (mei)
• Kun: な (na), なのる (nanoru), なづける (nazukeru)
• Nanori: あきら (akira), かた (kata), なづく (nazuku), もり (mori)

Compounds

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) な [nà] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [na̠]

Noun

名 ‎(hiragana な, romaji na)

1. name

   名 (な)を連 (つら)ねる

   na o tsuraneru

   put one's name on (a list)

   名 (な)ばかりの

   na bakari no

   in name only

2. reputation

   名 (な)が響 (ひび)いている

   na ga hibiite iru

   be famous

   名 (な)が上 (あ)がる

   na ga agaru

   become famous

   名 (な)を上 (あ)げる/現 (あらわ)す/成 (な)す/売 (う)る

   na o ageru/arawasu/nasu/uru

   become famous, make one's name

   • Usage note: 名を上げる differs from 名が上がる in that the subject purposefully did something to make themselves famous.

Derived terms

• 千名 (ちな) ‎(china): various rumours
• 名付 (なづ)ける ‎(nazukeru)
• 名乗 (なの)る ‎(nanoru), 名告 (なの)る ‎(nanoru)
• 名 (な)も無 (な)い ‎(na mo nai)
• 名無 (なな)し ‎(nanashi)
• 名高 (なだか)い ‎(nadakai)
• 名指 (なざ)し ‎(nazashi)
• 名取 (なとり) ‎(natori)
• 名折 (なお)れ ‎(naore)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 名 ‎(mjieng, “name”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) め​い [méꜜè] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [me̞ː]

Counter

名 ‎(hiragana めい, romaji -mei)

1. counter word for people, persons

Noun

名 ‎(hiragana めい, romaji mei)

1. name

Prefix

名 ‎(hiragana めい, romaji mei-)

1. famous, great, noted

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

名 • ‎(myeong)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 명 (McCune-Reischauer: myŏng, Yale: myeng)

• Name (hangeul): 이름()

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Vietnamese

Han character

名 (danh, ranh, thành)

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Zhuang

Pronoun

名

1. Sawndip form of mwngz.