A kanji
名
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
- 6 strokes
- Taught in grade 1 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 177 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
メイ、ミョウ
Kun'yomi
な、-な
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 名 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 名 36 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 4 words
JLPT N3 · 7 words
JLPT N2 · 14 words
- 代名詞だいめいしpronoun
- 仮名遣いかなづかいkana orthography, syllabary spelling
- 送り仮名おくりがなpart of word written in kana
- 仮名かなkana
- 振り仮名ふりがなpronunciation key
- 氏名しめいfull name
- 宛名あてなaddress, direction
- 名字みょうじsurname, family name
- 名～めい～famous ~
- ～名～めいcounter for people
- 名作めいさくmasterpiece
- 名所めいしょfamous place
- 名物めいぶつfamous product, special product, speciality
- 地名ちめいplace name
JLPT N1 · 11 words
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