名
commonname; noted; distinguished; reputation
Radical: 口 (mouth). Strokes: 6画. Elements: 口夕. . Hangul: 명 [myeong]. Nanori: とto.
Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade. JLPT N5.
Example compounds:
| メイMEI | 名人芸【めいじんげいmeijingei】masterful performance 名君【めいくんmeikun】wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord 家名【かめいkamei】family name; family honour |
| ミョウMYŌ | 功名【こうみょうkōmyō】great achievement 名代【みょうだいmyōdai】proxy; representative 和名【わみょうwamyō】Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana) |
| なna | 勝ち名乗り【かちなのりkachinanori】being declared the winner of a bout 名付け親【なづけおやnadukeoya】godparent 名ばかりの王【なばかりのおうnabakarinōu】a king in name only |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 540d | – | Unicode |
| 44-30 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-3-3 | – | SKIP |
| 3d3.12 | – | TKD |
| 2760.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 2577 | – | De Roo |
| 1170 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 716 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2169 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1371 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 112 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 116 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 346 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 131 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 3297 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 825 |
| 71 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 82 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 140 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 34 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 55 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 53 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 140 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 82 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.3 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 285 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 113 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |