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名 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈口 (NIR), four-corner 27600, composition ⿱夕口)

trad. 名
simp. # 名

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | --------------- | | 名 | *meŋ | | 洺 | *meŋ | | 眳 | *meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ | | 詺 | *meŋs | | 銘 | *meːŋ | | 茗 | *meːŋʔ | | 酩 | *meːŋʔ | | 姳 | *meːŋʔ |

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 夕 (“crescent moon”) + 口 (“mouth”) — to say one's own name to identify oneself in the dark.

An alternative theory has been proposed based on Shang era texts. 口 was originally used to write both 口 and 名. 夕 standing for what later came to be written 明, was added as a phonetic indicator to disambiguate the two meanings.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“name”). Cognate with Tibetan མིང (ming), Burmese အမည် (a.many), and Mizo hming.

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 名
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) míng
MiddleChinese ‹ mjieng ›
OldChinese /*C.meŋ/
English name
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 名
Reading # 1/1
No. 9178
Phoneticcomponent 名
Rimegroup 耕
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime 名
OldChinese /*meŋ/

名

  1. name
    書名／书名 ― shūmíng ― title of the book
    給它起個名兒／给它起个名儿 ― gěi tā qǐ ge míngr ― give it a name
  2. given name
    Coordinate term: 姓 (xìng)
  3. reputation; fame
    有名 ― yǒumíng ― famous
    名利 ― mínglì ― fame and fortune
  4. famous; reputable
    名牌 ― míngpái ― having a good brand name; a brand name product
  5. excuse; form; ostensible purpose
    師出有名／师出有名 ― shīchūyǒumíng ― to do something for a good and proper reason
  6. (grammar) Short for 名詞／名词 (míngcí, “noun”).
  7. (grammar) Short for 專有名詞／专有名词 (zhuānyǒu míngcí, “proper noun”).
  8. (archaic, mathematics, arithmetic) sign
  9. to be called
    伊名什乇？ [Eastern Min, trad. and _simp._]
    Ĭ miàng sié-nó̤h? / [i⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³ sie²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɔʔ²⁴] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    What's his/her name?
  10. to describe; to give details of
    莫名其妙 ― mòmíngqímiào ― baffling
  11. Classifier for place in a competition or position in a name list.
  12. Classifier for people with a certain status or identity.

名

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
名
なGrade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *na (compare Okinawan 名 (nā)).

名(な) • (na)

  1. name
    **名(な)**を連(つら)ねる
    na o tsuraneru
    put one's name on (a list)
    **名(な)**ばかりの
    na bakari no
    in name only
    • 2013 July 20, “暗(あん)黒(こく)界(かい)の騎(き)士(し) ズール [Zure, Knight of the Dark World]”, in ハーフデッキ 闇(やみ) [Half-Deck: DARK], Konami:
      暗(あん)黒(こく)界(かい)でその**名(な)**を知(し)らぬ者(もの)はいない、誇(ほこ)り高(たか)き騎(き)士(し)。決(けっ)して弱(よわ)き者(もの)に手(て)を下(くだ)す事(こと)はない。
      Ankokukai de sono na o shiranu mono wa inai, hokoritakaki kishi. Kesshite yowaki mono ni te o kudasu koto wa nai.
      Everyone in the Dark World knows the name of this illustrious knight. He never oppresses the commoners.
  2. reputation
    **名(な)**が響(ひび)いている
    na ga hibiite iru
    be famous
    **名(な)**が上(あ)がる
    na ga agaru
    become famous
    **名(な)**を上(あ)げる/現(あらわ)す/成(な)す/売(う)る
    na o ageru/arawasu/nasu/uru
    become famous, make one's name
    • Usage note: 名を上げる differs from 名が上がる in that the subject purposefully did something to make themselves famous.

Derived terms

Kanji in this term
名
めいGrade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 名 (MC mjieng, “name”).

名(めい) • (-mei)

  1. counter word for people, persons

名(めい) • (mei)

  1. name

名(めい) • (mei-)

  1. famous, great, noted

  2. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

From Middle Chinese 名 (MC mjieng).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 며ᇰ (Yale: myèng)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 일홈〮 (Yale: ìlhwóm) 며ᇰ (Yale: myèng)

Wikisource

名 (eumhun 이름 명 (ireum myeong))

  1. hanja form? of 명 (“name”) [noun]
  2. hanja form? of 명 (“famous; great; noted”) [prefix]

Compounds

名

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

名(なー) (nā)

  1. name

名

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

名 (hiragana なー, rōmaji nā)

  1. name

名

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Kanji in this term
名
なーGrade: 1
kun'yomi

名(なー) (nā)

  1. name

名: Hán Việt readings: danh (民(dân)瞑(manh)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
名: Nôm readings: ranh[1][2][3][6], danh[1][2][4][7], rành[1], quanh[2], dinh[2], gianh[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of danh (“famous; well-known”).
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bonet (1899).
  5. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  6. ^ Hồ (1976).
  7. ^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

名

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

名 (hiragana なー, rōmaji nā)

  1. name

名

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

名 (hiragana なー, rōmaji nā)

  1. name

名

  1. Sawndip form of mwngz