名

See also: 各
名 U+540D, 名
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540D
← 同
[U+540C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 后 →
[U+540E]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 175, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3297
  • Dae Jaweon: page 391, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 582, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+540D

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 名

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 名
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (名) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
名 *meŋ
洺 *meŋ
眳 *meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ
詺 *meŋs
銘 *meːŋ
茗 *meːŋʔ
酩 *meːŋʔ
姳 *meːŋʔ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“name”).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • ming4 - literary;
  • meng4(-2) - vernacular.
Note:
  • miâ - vernacular;
  • bêng - literary.
Note:
  • mian5 - vernacular;
  • mêng5 - literary.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 名
Mandarin Beijing /miŋ³⁵/
Harbin /miŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /miŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /miŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /miŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /miŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /miŋ²⁴/
Xining /miə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /miŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /mĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /miŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /min²¹³/
Chengdu /min³¹/
Guiyang /min²¹/
Kunming /mĩ¹/
Nanjing /min²⁴/
Hefei /min⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /miəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /miŋ¹³/
/mi¹³/ 名字
Hohhot /mĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /miŋ²³/
Suzhou /min¹³/
Hangzhou /min²¹³/
Wenzhou /meŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /miʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /mɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /min¹³/
Xiangtan /mian¹²/
/min¹²/
Gan Nanchang /miɑŋ⁴⁵/
/min⁴⁵/ ～堂
Hakka Meixian /miaŋ¹¹/
Taoyuan /miɑŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /meŋ²¹/
/mɛŋ³⁵/
Nanning /mɛŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /miŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /biŋ³⁵/
/mia³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /miaŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /miaŋ³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /miã⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /meŋ³¹/
/mia³¹/
Rime
Character 名
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武并切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /miᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /miɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /miajŋ/
Li
Rong		 /miɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /mĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 míng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 名
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 míng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjieng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*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
Phonetic
component		 名
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 名
Old
Chinese		 /*meŋ/

Definitions

名

  1. name
  2. given name
  3. reputation; fame
    有名  ―  yǒumíng  ―  famous
  4. famous; reputable
    名牌  ―  míngpái  ―  having a good brand name; a brand name product
  5. (grammar) Short for 名詞／名词 (míngcí, “noun”).
  6. (grammar) Short for 專有名詞／专有名词 (zhuānyǒu míngcí, “proper noun”).
  7. (Min Dong) to be called
    伊名什乇？ [Min Dong, trad. and simp.]
    Ĭ miàng sié-nó̤h? / [i⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³ sie²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɔʔ²⁴] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    What's his/her name?
  8. to describe; to give details of
  9. Classifier for place in a competition or position in a name list.
  10. Classifier for people with a certain status or identity.

Synonyms

Compounds
Derived terms from 名

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji
名

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds
  • New Nelson: 716
  • Halpern: 2169
  • Halpern Learners: 1371
  • Heisig: 44
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3d3.12
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
名
な
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

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

Pronunciation

Noun

名 (hiragana な, rōmaji 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

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
名
めい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

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

Pronunciation

Counter

名 (hiragana めい, rōmaji -mei)

  1. counter word for people, persons

Noun

名 (hiragana めい, rōmaji mei)

  1. name

Prefix

名 (hiragana めい, rōmaji mei-)

  1. famous, great, noted

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

名 • (myeong)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 명 (McCune–Reischauer: myŏng, Yale: myeng)
    • Name (hangeul): 이름
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Kunigami

Kanji

名

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naː/

Noun

名 (hiragana なー, romaji nā)

  1. name

Miyako

Kanji

名

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naː/

Noun

名 (hiragana なー, romaji nā)

  1. name

Okinawan

Kanji

名

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naː/

Noun

名 (hiragana なー, romaji nā)

  1. name

Vietnamese

Han character

名: Hán Việt readings: danh[1][2][3]
名: Nôm readings: ranh[1][2][3][4], danh[1][2][5], rành[1], quanh[2], dinh[2], gianh[2]

  1. Hán tự form of danh (“famous; well-known”).

Compounds

References
  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Hồ (1976).
  5. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

Yaeyama

Kanji

名

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naː/

Noun

名 (hiragana なー, romaji nā)

  1. name

Yonaguni

Kanji

名

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naː/

Noun

名 (hiragana なー, romaji nā)

  1. name

Zhuang

Pronoun

名

  1. Sawndip form of mwngz
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