Kanji 名 — "Name"
Here is what 名 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Name" stick.
Also means: Famous
How it is read
めい, みょう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
な, -な
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
At this school, every Evening you have to use your Mouth to call out your Name before you can go home!
- 夕 Evening
The top half of the moon (月) is starting to peek out during the Evening.
- 口 Mouth
This square shape is a Mouth. When you see it, think of a mouth. It's a mouth that's wide open, telling you something.
Words that use 名
12 of 36 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 名前 なまえ name
- 名 な name, reputation
- 有名 ゆうめい famous
- 名刺 めいし (name) card, business card
- 名誉 めいよ honor, credit, prestige
- 署名 しょめい signature
- 本名 ほんみょう real name
- 名字 みょうじ surname, family name
- 名簿 めいぼ register of names
- 名物 めいぶつ famous product, special product, speciality
- 名付ける なづける to name (v.t.)
- 名人 めいじん master, expert
Want 名 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
