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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

 (crescent) + .

[edit] Han character

(radical 30 +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈口 (NIR), four-corner 27600, composition)

  1. name, rank, title, position

[edit] Derived characters

[edit] Related characters

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 175, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3297
  • Dae Jaweon: page 391, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 582, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+540D

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale ming4)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

(hiragana , romaji na)

  1. name
    • 名を連ねる
      なをつらねる
      na o tsuraneru
      put one's name on(a list)
    • ばかり
      なばかりの
      na bakari no
      in name only
  2. reputation
    • 名が響いている
      ながひびいている
      na ga hibīte iru
      be famous
    • 名が上がる
      ながあがる
      na ga agaru
      become famous
    • 名を上げる [現す, 成す, 売る]
      なをあげる [あらわす, なす, うる]
      na o ageru [arawasu, nasu, uru]
      become famous, make one's name
      • Usage note: 名を上げる differs from 名が上がる in that the subject purposefully did something to make himself famous.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Prefix

- (めい, mei)

  1. famous, great, noted

[edit] Suffix

- (めい, mei; , na)

  1. name of

[edit] Counter

- (めい, mei)

  1. counter word for people, persons

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

[edit] References

  • New Nelson: 716
  • Halpern: 2169
  • Halpern Learners: 1371
  • Heisig: 44
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3d3.12
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: myeong, McCune-Reischauer: myŏng, Yale: myeng)

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin míng)

  1. name
    • John 1.12
      凡接待他的,就是信他的人,他就赐他们权柄,作神的儿女。
      Fán jiēdaì tāde, jiùshì xìn tā míng de rén, tā jiù cì tāmen quánbǐng, zuò Shén de érnǚ .
      But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
  2. reputation

[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*miæng)


[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ mia˧˥ ]

[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, POJ miâ)

  1. given name

[edit] See also


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(danh, ranh)

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