芳名

Chinese

		fragrant	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (芳名)		芳	名
simp. #(芳名)		芳	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ meng^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangmíng
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-ming²
    • Yale: fāng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangming
    • Palladius: фанмин (fanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ meng^4-2
    • Yale: fōng méng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ meng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ méng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: hong-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongbeeng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjang mjieng

Rime
Character	芳	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	敷方切	武并切
Baxter	phjang	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋ/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋ/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋ/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋ/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋ/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	ming4

Noun

芳名

1. (literary, honorific, said to a young girl) your name
2. (literary) good name; fine reputation

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芳	名
ほう Grade: S	めい Grade: 1
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーめー [hòóméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

芳(ほう)名(めい) • (hōmei) ^{←はうめい (faumei)?}

1. (honorific) name
2. good name (reputation)

Derived terms

• 芳名帳(ほうめいちょう) (hōmeichō, “guest book”)

References

• “芳名”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
芳	名

Noun

芳名 • (bangmyeong) (hangeul 방명)

1. hanja form^? of 방명 (“(your honoured) name; a good name (reputation)”)