名 – name, noted, distinguished

6 strokesTaught in grade 1#177 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 名 means name, noted, distinguished, reputation. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is メイ、ミョウ (mei, myou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is な、-な (na, na). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	メイ	mei
On’yomi	ミョウ	myou
Kun’yomi	な	na
Kun’yomi	-な	na

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: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・夕.

Words using 名

名前なまえname有名ゆうめいfamous片仮名かたかなkatakana平仮名ひらがなhiragana名なname署名しょめいsignature名刺めいしbusiness card名詞めいしnoun名人めいじんmaster題名だいめいtitle姓名せいめい(full) name宛名あてなname and address (on an envelope, etc.)仮名かなkana氏名しめい(full) name地名ちめいplace name名字みょうじsurname名作めいさくmasterpiece名所めいしょfamous place名物めいぶつfamous product代名詞だいめいしpronoun送り仮名おくりがなkana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word仮名遣いかなづかいkana orthography振り仮名ふりがなfurigana名めいcounter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)

Example sentences

あなたの名前はリストからはずされた。

Your name was dropped from the list.

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ああ、もしかして名前を呼ばれるのが恥ずかしいって？

Ah, could it be you're embarrassed to be called by your first name?

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これは芭蕉の非常に有名な俳句です。

This is a very famous haiku by Basho.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和向告品各台口営可商味命

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