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名 Name, Noted, Distinguished, Reputation

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

めい、みょう

Mostly used when 名 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

な、-な

Mostly used when 名 stands alone.

Strokes
6
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary year 1
Frequency
#177

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).