Hanja Analyzer
名

名 — myeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이름 명
Romanization
myeong
English
name, rank, title, position
Mandarin
míng
Japanese on'yomi
メイ, ミョウ, ベイ
Japanese kun'yomi
な -な
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#177 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
口 (30, 3 residual)
Unicode
U+540D

Parts that make up 名

  • 夕 저녁 석, 한 움큼 사 반쯤 뜬 달저녁과 밤
  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍

How 名 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 名 as a ideographic compound involving 夕, 口.

Korean example words with 名

  • 고명古名 Korean gloss: 옛 이름
  • 관명官名 Korean gloss: 벼슬 이름
  • 명당名當 Korean gloss: 낱낱의 명
  • 명산名山 Korean gloss: 이름난 산
  • 명종名鐘 Korean gloss: 이름난 종
  • 명지名地 Korean gloss: 이름난 곳
  • 명찰名刹 Korean gloss: 이름난 절
  • 병명病名 Korean gloss: 병의 이름
  • 산명山名 Korean gloss: 산의 이름
  • 서명書名 Korean gloss: 책의 이름
  • 약명藥名 Korean gloss: 약의 이름
  • 역명驛名 Korean gloss: 역의 이름

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 名

  • 名な name; given name; title
  • 名前なまえ name; given name; first name
  • 名誉めいよ honor; honour; credit
  • 氏名しめい (full) name; identity
  • 有名ゆうめい famous; well-known
  • 指名しめい naming; nominating; designating
  • 署名しょめい signature; autograph
  • 本名ほんみょう real name
  • 名人めいじん master; expert; Meijin (professional title)
  • 名簿めいぼ register of names; list of names; roll
  • 名義めいぎ name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; published name
  • 名目めいもく name; title; appellation

Characters sharing the phonetic 名

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “명” in Korean.

Other hanja read “명”

Other hanja with radical 口

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences