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名
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name

HSK 2 N4
Human →Relations →Groups
míng
メイ、ミョウ
な、-な
명
Depicts a mouth (口) saying their own name at night (夕) when it is too dark for others to see them.
Components
夕 dusk+ 口 mouth =
名 name
夕 Iconic component
xī dusk
evening, night, dusk
Depicts the moon.
口 Iconic component
kǒu mouth
Notes
Similar Characters
夙 early in morning夜 night夢 dream (trad/jp)夤 distant place梦 visionary (simp)汐 night tides穸 the gloom of飧 evening拶 pressure (trad/jp)桨 paddle (simp)岁 harvest (simp)罗 net for catching birds (simp)矽 obsolete侃 upright and strong兽 bestial (simp)冋 a desert加 add卟 a chemical compound古 ancient叨 talkative
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
名
Regular
Modern
Chinese
名 [míng]
name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
Japanese
名 な 同音

noun

  1. name; given name
  2. title
  3. fame; renown; reputation
  4. pretext; pretense; justification; appearance
名 めい 同音
  1. counter honorific counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
  2. noun first name
  3. prefix famous; great
  4. suffix name
  5. noun abbrev. noun (part of speech tag used in dictionaries)
Korean
명 [名]
Affix
myeong-; A prefix used to mean famous or great.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
私はいつまでも彼の名を覚えている。
I still bear his name in mind.
その事故の犠牲者数は死者５名、負傷者１００名であった。
The toll from the accident was 5 persons dead and 100 persons injured.
君のせっかくの名講義は猫に小判だったね。
Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.
Japanese Names
名 なしお
Nashio unclassified name
名 なじお
Najio unclassified name
名 なたか
Nataka surname
名 はるな
Haruna female given name
名 みょう
Myō place name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
名字 [míng​zi] #259
name (of a person or thing)
著名 [zhù​míng] #1,578
famous
名单 [míng​dān] #1,298
list of names
名单 [míng​dān] #1,298
list of names
签名 [qiān​míng] #2,219
to sign (one's name with a pen etc)
签名 [qiān​míng] #2,219
to sign (one's name with a pen etc)
报名 [bào​míng] #7,154
to sign up
报名 [bào​míng] #7,154
to sign up
排名 [pái​míng] #7,436
to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
名人 [míng​rén] #2,344
personage
190 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 名前 [なまえ] #240
name
⭐ 有名 [ゆうめい] #1,227
famous
⭐ 名乗る [なのる] #1,904
to give one's name (as)
⭐ 名誉 [めいよ] #4,080
honor
⭐ 指名 [しめい] #5,570
naming
⭐ 本名 [ほんみょう] #6,518
real name
⭐ 名付ける [なづける] #6,720
to name
⭐ 名目 [めいもく] #7,105
name
⭐ 有名人 [ゆうめいじん] #7,327
celebrity
⭐ 名称 [めいしょう] #7,731
name
190 more items
KOREAN WORDS (87)
명의 #2,049
name; being in one's name
서명 #7,114
signature
명예 #12,807
honor; glory; fame; reputation
별명 #13,528
nickname
명절 #14,241
national holiday
유명 #14,294
being famous; being popular
인명 #23,485
person's name
익명 #23,916
anonymity; pseudonym
명단 #27,836
list of names
명함 #31,109
business card
77 more items