KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 名

,
メイ, ミョウ, , -な
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
This kanji has 6 strokes: 3 strokes in the "evening" radical (ゆうべ) and 3 other strokes
Sample Compounds (200):
1.

めいぶつ

famous product, special product, speciality, specialty
2.

めいあん

good idea
3.

どうめい

same name
4.

こうめい

fame, renown
5.

ゆうめい

fame, famous
6.
しい
なごりおしい

regret (at parting), reluctance (to part)
7.

じんめい

person''s name
8.

めいげつ

harvest moon, full moon, bright moon
9.

しょめい

signature
10.

しめい

full name, identity
11.

めいしゅ

expert
12.

とくめい

anonymity, pseudonym
13.

めいし

business card
14.

ちめい

well-known
15.

めいせい

fame, reputation, renown
16.

おくりがな

kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect), declensional kana ending
17.

めいしょ

famous place
18.

あだな

nickname
19.

こくめい

country name
20.

めいもん

noted family, noble family
21.

あだな

nickname
22.

ちめい

place name
23.

おめい

stigma, dishonour, dishonor, infamy
24.

ほんみょう

real name
25.

げいめい

stage name
26.

じつめい

real name
27.

めいちょ

famous book, masterpiece
28.

めいゆう

great or famous actor, star
29.

しょめい

book title
30.
簿
めいぼ

register of names
31.

なざし

nomination, calling names
32.

せいめい

full name
33.

めいよ

honor, honour, credit, prestige
34.

むきめい

unsigned, unregistered
35.

めいが

famous picture, masterpiece
36.

めいしょう

name
37.

めいし

(ling) noun
38.

ちょめい

well-known, noted, celebrated
39.

じょめい

expulsion, excommunication
40.

しゃめい

name of company
41.

よびな

given name, popular name, mnemonic name
42.

あてな

address, direction
43.

なのり

name readings of kanji, self-introduction, announcement of candidature
44.

なだかい

famous, celebrated, well-known
45.

めいめい

naming, christening
46.

ひらがな

hiragana, one of the Japanese syllabaries
47.

なのりでる

to introduce oneself
48.

しめい

name, nominate, designate
49.

かな

Japanese syllabary (alphabets), kana
50.

だいめいし

(ling) pronoun
51.

なのる

to call oneself (name, label, etc.), to give one''s name (as)
52.

かめい

alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
53.

むめい

unsigned, nameless, anonymous, anonymity
54.

なまえ

name, full name, given name, first name
55.

いみょう

another name, nickname, alias
56.

めいぎ

name, in the name of
57.

せいしきめいしょう

formal name
58.

めいさく

masterpiece
59.

たいぎめいぶん

a just cause
60.

べつめい

alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
61.

ひつめい

alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
62.

みょうじ

surname, family name
63.

れんめい

joint signature
64.

だいみょう

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
65.

かいめい

name change
66.

しめいてはい

search for a named suspect
67.

こうみょう

great achievement
68.

なふだ

name plate, name tag
69.

ふりがな

furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation)
70.

めいもく

name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense
71.

しゅうめい

succession to another''s professional name
72.

かなづかい

kana orthography, syllabary spelling
73.

めいじん

master, expert
74.

びょうめい

name of a disease
75.

めいじつ

in name and in reality, nominally and virtually, form and contents
76.


name, reputation
77.

かたかな

katakana, one of the Japanese syllabaries
78.

めいきょく

famous music
79.
ける
なづける

to name (someone)
80.

めいよしょく

honorary position
81.

ひんめい

name of product
82.

がっこうめい

school''s name
83.

なごり

remains, traces, vestiges, memory
84.

だいめい

title
85.

どうみょう

same name
86.
使
かなづかい

kana orthography, syllabary spelling
87.

わめい

Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
88.
がる
ながあがる

to become famous
89.

こうみょう

fame, renown
90.

なごり

remains, traces, vestiges, memory
91.

じんだいめいし

(ling) personal pronoun
92.

めいそう

noted or celebrated priest
93.
なし
だいめいなし

untitled
94.

めいもくしゅぎ

tokenism
95.

いんめい

member name
96.

ゆうめい

fame, great renown
97.

カタカナご

katakana word (esp. a loanword)
98.

ぐしょうめいし

(ling) concrete noun
99.

めいく

famous saying, noted haiku
100.

しゅうめい

scandal
101.

めいじんせん

professional go (shogi) players'' championship series
102.

そしきめい

organization name, organisation name
103.
あだ
あだな

nickname
104.

めいよばんかい

restoring one''s impaired reputation, regaining one''s honor, redeeming oneself
105.

ふきゅうのめいさく

immortal work
106.

かんむりめい

eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)
107.

しめいつうわ

person-to-person call, personal call
108.

なぬし

village headman
109.

かながき

writing in the kana
110.

わみょうしょう

Wamyoruijusho (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
111.
いている
ながひびいている

to be famous
112.
しい
なごりおしい

regret (at parting), reluctance (to part)
113.

じんちめい

person and place name
114.

めいそうちしき

great (learned) priest, celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment
115.

だいめいなし

untitled
116.

めいもくじょう

in name, on paper
117.

えぼしな

adult name
118.

ほうみょう

priest''s name or posthumous Buddhist name
119.
しい
むなしいめいせい

empty name
120.

めいくん

wise ruler, enlightened monarch, benevolent lord
121.

じゅうしょしめい

one''s name and address
122.

めいじんはだ

artist''s or master''s temperament
123.

そうしかいめい

the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
124.

めいぶん

justification, just cause, moral duty
125.
あて
あてな

address, direction
126.

めいよよく

love of fame
127.

ふめいすう

abstract number
128.

かんめい

eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)
129.

めいい

noted doctor, excellent physician
130.

しめいとうひょう

roll call vote
131.

なとり

accredited master
132.

どうめいいじん

namesake, person with the same name
133.

かながち

using more kana than characters
134.

かな

Japanese syllabary (alphabets), kana
135.

なだ

famous, notorious, noted
136.

ごうかくしゃめい

names of successful candidates
137.

なだい

well-known, fame
138.

だんたいめい

corporate name
139.

めいもくちんぎん

nominal wages
140.
簿
えいきゅうせんきょにんめいぼ

permanent voter registration list
141.

ゆうめいこう

famous school or university
142.

ほうめい

good name, good reputation, your name
143.

くうめい

empty name, false reputation
144.

めいすう

number of people, denominate number, the number at the start of phrases referring to well known ''somethings'', equiv. to ''seven'' in "the seven wonders of the world"
145.

そうがな

cursive form of man''yougana, man''yougana written in sousho style, an intermediate stage between hiragana and man''yougana
146.

めいぶん

famous literary composition
147.

サへんめいし

verb formed by adding "suru" to a noun
148.

めいよきそん

libel, defamation, slander, character assassination
149.

ふめいよ

dishonor, dishonour, disgrace, shame
150.

かんめい

official position or title
151.
しの
なごしのはらえ

summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
152.

かなぞうし

story book written in kana (or in kana mixed with Chinese characters) in the early Edo period (primarily for the enlightenment and entertainment of women and children)
153.

きょうめい

reputation for beauty
154.
づける
なづける

to name (someone)
155.

ごうめいがいしゃ

unlimited company, unlimited partnership
156.

じんめいじしょ

biographical dictionary
157.

みょうだい

proxy, representative
158.

めいもくりしりつ

nominal rate of interest
159.

えいめい

fame, glory, reputation, English name of plants and animals
160.

ゆうめいじん

celebrity
161.

ほうめいろく

visitors'' book
162.

くんがな

(prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their kun-yomi, regardless of meaning
163.

めいけん

fine dog
164.

しょめいうんどう

signature-collecting campaign
165.

めいぶんか

fine writer
166.
ドメイン
ドメインめい

domain name
167.

めいようし

(ling) na-adjective
168.

ふつうめいし

(ling) common noun
169.

かんようめい

common name, popular name, trivial name
170.

めいえん

fine performance, tour de force
171.

しきべつめい

(comp) identifier, (comp) distinguished name, DN
172.

とくめいせい

anonymity
173.

かなぞうし

story in the kana
174.
のる
なのる

to call oneself (name, label, etc.), to give one''s name (as)
175.

めいしうけ

(business) card tray
176.

じんめいじてん

biographical dictionary
177.

なだいやくしゃ

chief (star) actor in a Kabuki play, leading actors of a troupe
178.

ちめいど

degree of familiarity, popularity
179.

えきめい

station name
180.

ゆうめいぜい

the price of fame, noblesse oblige
181.

ほんのな

name of a book
182.

けいめい

penalty designations
183.

めいげん

wise saying
184.

しょめいかん

signature specimen
185.

めいせいをけがす

to defile one''s reputation
186.

おくりな

posthumous name
187.

めいもんく

witty (happy, apt) remark, well-worded saying, epigram, aphorism
188.
バンド
バンドめい

band name
189.

みょうり

fame and fortune
190.

うきな

scandal, love affair, rumor, rumour
191.

かんめい

Chinese name (often of plants and animals)
192.

めいえんぎ

fine performance, tour de force
193.

しつめい

name unknown
194.

めいしょきゅうせき

scenic and historic places
195.

とくめいひひょう

anonymous criticism
196.

かなぶみ

publication in kana alone
197.
ばかり
なばかり

(something) in name only
198.

さいきだいめいし

(ling) reflexive pronoun
199.

めいしだい

business-card size
200.
簿
じんめいぼ

directory, name list

Kuten Code: 4430
EUC Code: ccbe
Shift-JIS Code: 96bc
JIS Code: 4c3e
Unicode: 540d
Radical Index: 36
Classic Index: 30
Frequency Rank: 177
Jouyou Grade: 1
DeRoo Code: 2577
Four Corner code: 2760.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2169
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1170
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 716
"Japanese For Busy People" Index: 2.3
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 140
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 285
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 55
"Kanji in Context" Index: 82
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 1371
"Essential Kanji" Index: 131
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 140
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 53
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 3d3.12
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 82
Morohashi Index: 3297
Morohashi Volume.Page: 2.825
Gakken Index: 71
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 116
"Japanese Names" Index: 112
Korean Reading: myeong
Pinyin: ming2


Radical Index : : 名

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