Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
inscription, signature (of artisan)
On:
メイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 銘 【メイ】 inscription, epitaph, (manufacturer's) engraved signature, motto, maxim, precept
  • 銘柄 【メイガラ】 brand, make, description, trading name of stocks and securities
  • 座右銘 【ザユウメイ】 favourite motto, pet saying
  • 鐘銘 【ショウメイ】 inscription on a temple bell

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 み、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • inscripción
  • firma de artesano

Portuguese

  • inscrição
  • assinatura (de artesão)

French

  • inscription (gravée)
  • signature (d'un artisan)
1847 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1182 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4852 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1731 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1848 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2155 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1552 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1654 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1600 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1822 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1536 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
281 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40385 Morohashi
1724 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6265 New Nelson (John Haig)
275 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
293 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1738 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
8a6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8716.0 Four corner code
1-44-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9298 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
square
Parts:
national flag, banner, standard
Kun:
はた
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 旗手 【キシュ】 standard-bearer, flag-bearer
  • 旗色 【ハタイロ】 situation, outlook, one's allegiance, affiliation, position
  • 日章旗 【ニッショウキ】 the Japanese (rising sun) flag
  • 校旗 【コウキ】 school flag

Kun reading compounds

  • 旗 【はた】 flag, pataka (banner), banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
  • 旗揚げ 【はたあげ】 raising an army, raising a banner, launching a new group, launching a business, launching a new party
  • 白旗 【しらはた】 white flag, truce flag, surrender flag
  • 大会旗 【たいかいはた】 tournament flag

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • bandera nacional
  • estandarte
  • bandera

Portuguese

  • bandeira nacional
  • bandeira
  • padrão

French

  • drapeau
  • bannière
  • étendard
371 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
474 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
451 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1174 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2093 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
601 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1401 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2093 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1006 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1043 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1528 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
962 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1321 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1780 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13687 Morohashi
1047 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2402 New Nelson (John Haig)
1764 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1901 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
615 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
461 2001 Kanji
4h10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
0828.1 Four corner code
1-20-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65d7 Unicode hex code