鳴 – chirp, cry, bark

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The kanji 鳴 means chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is メイ (mei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is な.く、な.る、な.らす (naku, naru, narasu). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 鳥 (no. 196).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	メイ	mei
Kun’yomi	な.く	naku
Kun’yomi	な.る	naru
Kun’yomi	な.らす	narasu

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: 鳥 (Kangxi radical 196). Components: 口・鳥・杰.

Words using 鳴

鳴くなくto make sound (of an animal)鳴るなるto sound鳴らすならすto ring怒鳴るどなるto shout (in anger)共鳴きょうめいresonance悲鳴ひめいshriek

Example sentences

カエルが鳴いたら帰ろう。

Let's return when the frog croaks.

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あのかわいい鳥は来る日も来る日も鳴いてばかりいた。

That pretty bird did nothing but sing day after day.

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羊は何て鳴くの？

What sound does a sheep make?

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Kanji with the same radical

鳥鶏

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