Meanings

Inscription, Signature (of Artisan)

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒名

Etymology

Ideographic: To carve 釒 one's name 名; 名 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising left-to-right

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 corner top-to-bottom

11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

12 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

13 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

メイ mei

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

51 words total

Other (11 words)

肝に銘ずるきもにめいずる

to engrave in one's heart

銘柄牛肉めいがらぎゅうにく

branded beef

座左の銘ざさのめい

favourite motto

銘入りめいいり

engraved with the name of the maker (e.g. on a sword)

構成銘柄こうせいめいがら

composite (e.g. index)

銘版めいはん

imprint (on the bottom edge of a sheet of stamps)

銘々伝めいめいでん

biographies of each one (e.g. of the Forty-seven Rōnin)

感銘深いかんめいぶかい

profoundly impressive

銘品めいひん

(fine) branded item

座右銘ざゆうめい

favourite motto

座右の銘ざゆうのめい

favourite motto

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