名
name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #120 U+540D
How 名 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕
How to remember it
name · Heisig RSH #119
夕 evening + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 名 as their sound component
These characters all use 名 (míng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名 sound component | míng | name; position, rank, title |
| 茗 | míng | tea; tea leaves; tea plant |
| 酩 | mǐng | drunk, tipsy, intoxicated |
| 眳 | míng | eye ridge |
Words containing 名
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大名县 | Dà míng Xiàn | Daming, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 名山区 | Míng shān Qū | Mingshan, a district of Ya'an City 雅安市[Ya3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 一文不名 | yī wén bù míng | to be penniless |
| 不名一文 | bù míng yī wén | without a penny to one's name; penniless; stony-broke |
| 人名 | rén míng | personal name |
| 名人 | míng rén | personage; celebrity |
| 大名 | Dà míng | see 大名縣|大名县[Da4 ming2 Xian4] |
| 大名 | dà míng | famous name; your distinguished name; one's formal personal name; (Japanese history) daimy… |
| 县名 | xiàn míng | name of county |
| 名山 | Míng shān | see 名山區|名山区[Ming2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 名山 | míng shān | famous mountain |
| 不名数 | bù míng shù | abstract number |
| 名花有主 | míng huā yǒu zhǔ | (idiom) (of a woman) already taken |
| 国名 | guó míng | name of country |
| 名头 | míng tou | reputation |
| 头名 | tóu míng | first place; leader (of a race) |
| 名学 | míng xué | (archaic) logic |
| 学名 | xué míng | scientific name; Latin name (of plant or animal); (according to an old system of nomenclat… |
| 地名 | dì míng | place name; toponym |
| 名儿 | míng r | name; fame |