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名

JLPT N4 SL2 6 strokes Frequency: #350

Meanings

name, reputation, distinguished, famous

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿸夕口

Etymology

Ideographic: A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 corner top-right-to-bottom-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

メイ mei

ミョウ myou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

な na

Words Using This Kanji

838 words total

メイ (5 words)

noun

famous / well-known

business card

product name / item name / brand name

家名かめい

family name / house name / lineage name

な (17 words)

名前なまえ

name / full name

平仮名ひらがな

hiragana / Japanese syllabary

名な

name

名うてなうて

notorious

名だたるなだたる

famous

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Other (816 words)

名コンビめいコンビ

great pair

名シーンめいシーン

famous scene (in a movie or play)

あだ名あだな

nickname

パス名パスめい

pathname

またの名またのな

alias

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