銘 – inscription, signature (of artisan)

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1394 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 銘 means inscription, signature (of artisan). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is メイ (mei). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	メイ	mei

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 金・口・夕.

Words using 銘

銘々めいめいeach

Kanji with the same radical

金銀針録鉄鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑鋭銅鏡釣

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