茗 — myeong

Parts that make up 茗

How 茗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 茗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 名.

Korean example words with 茗

• 명이나물茗荑나물 Korean gloss: 백합과에 속하는 식물인 산마늘의 다른 이름. 울릉도에서 춘궁기에 이 식물을 먹고 목숨을 이었다는 데서 유래하였다.

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

Japanese words with 茗

• 茗荷みょうが Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); myoga ginger; mioga ginger
• 茗めい tea (esp. picked late)
• 苦茗くめい bitter tea; low-quality tea
• 薮茗荷やぶみょうが East Asian pollia (Pollia japonica)
• 花茗荷はなみょうが peppermint stick (species of perennial evergreen, Alpinia japonica)

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 艸