鳴

See also: 嗚 and 鸣

鳴	U+9CF4, 鳴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9CF4

← 鳳
[U+9CF3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鳵 →
[U+9CF5]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

鳴 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日火 (RHAF), four-corner 6702₇, composition ⿰口鳥)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 1482, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46672
Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4615, character 17
Unihan data for U+9CF4

Chinese[edit]

trad.		鳴
simp.		鸣

Glyph origin[edit]

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 口 (“mouth”) + 鳥 (“bird”) – to cry (of birds).

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with 鈴 (OC *reːŋ, “bell”), 笙 (OC *sreŋ), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng (ming²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ming⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): men³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mìn

(Meixian, Guangdong): min²
Jin (Wiktionary): ming¹
Min Bei (KCR): měng
Min Dong (BUC): mìng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ³min
Xiang (Wiktionary): min²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²
  - Yale: míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴
  - Yale: mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: men³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐben²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min²
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: min²
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ming¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mĩŋ¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: měng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meiŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
  - Tâi-lô: bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³min
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪɲ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: min²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min¹³/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiæŋ/

Rime
Character	鳴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武兵切
Baxter	mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m.reŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mreŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鳴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*m.reŋ/
English	cry (of birds or animals)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鳴
Reading #	1/1
No.	9216
Phonetic component	鳴
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	明
Old Chinese	/*mreŋ/

Definitions[edit]

鳴

(of birds, animals and insects) to cry
鳥鳴／鸟鸣 ― niǎo míng ― birds cry
(of other kinds of noises) to make a sound
雷鳴／雷鸣 ― léimíng ― to be thunderous

耳鳴／耳鸣 ― ěrmíng ― tinnitus
(literary, or in compounds) to express; to voice
鳴冤／鸣冤 ― míngyuān ― to voice grievances

鳴不平／鸣不平 ― míngbùpíng ― to cry out against injustice
a surname

Synonyms[edit]

(to express):

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言心 (yánxīn) (literary)
傾吐／倾吐 (qīngtǔ)

傾訴／倾诉 (qīngsù)
抒發／抒发 (shūfā)

發洩／发泄 (fāxiè)
陶洩／陶泄 (táoxiè) (literary)

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 鳴

References[edit]

“鳴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

鳴

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

a cry; crying

Readings[edit]

Go-on: みょう (myō)
Kan-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
Kun: なく (naku, 鳴く, Jōyō); なる (naru, 鳴る, Jōyō); ならす (narasu, 鳴らす, Jōyō)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

奏鳴(そうめい)曲(きょく) (sōmeikyoku): sonata
悲鳴(ひめい) (himei): a scream, a shriek
鳴(なる)門(と) (naruto), 鳴(なる)戸(と) (naruto): a narrows where a noisy whirlpool occurs
鳴(なる)戸(と)巻(まき) (naruto maki), 鳴(なる)門(と)巻(まき) (naruto maki): a noisy whirlpool; a spiral pattern resembling a whirlpool

Synonyms[edit]

泣

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

鳴 (eumhun 울 명 (ul myeong))

Hanja form^? of 명 (“cry of bird or animal”).
Hanja form^? of 명 (“make sound”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

鳴: Hán Nôm readings: minh, mắng, mằng

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鳴

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References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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