The kanji 名: meaning, readings and stroke order

名

Meaning: name
On reading: メイ mei、ミョウ myou
Kun reading: な na
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tên (danh)
Japanese: なまえ。
Korean: 이름 (명)
Chinese: 名字

Readings, words and example sentences

メイ mei · on reading

名めい人じん
expert, master
おじいさんはつりの 名めい人じんです。
My grandpa is a fishing expert.

ミョウ myou · on reading

名みょう字じ
family name
わたしの 名みょう字じは山田です。
My family name is Yamada.

な na · kun reading

名な
name
この花の名なをしっていますか。
Do you know the name of this flower?

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.