Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
haiku, actor
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 俳句 【ハイク】 haiku, 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pai2
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • haiku
  • actor
  • intérprete

Portuguese

  • haiku
  • ator

French

  • acteur
  • haïku
969 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
959 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1280 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
485 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1427 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1052 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1036 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1035 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1076 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
110 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
126 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
82 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
94 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1648 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
726 Morohashi
112 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
254 New Nelson (John Haig)
1633 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1761 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
913 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2154 2001 Kanji
2a8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2121.1 Four corner code
1-39-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ff3 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Kun:
-な
On:
メイミョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 名 【メイ】 counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such), first name, famous, great, name, noun
  • 名画 【メイガ】 famous picture, masterpiece (painting), excellent film, film classic
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym
  • 芸名 【ゲイメイ】 stage name
  • 名目 【メイモク】 name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense
  • 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
  • 仮名 【カメイ】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym

Kun reading compounds

  • 名 【な】 name, given name, title, fame, renown, reputation, pretext, pretense, justification, appearance
  • 名残 【なごり】 remains, traces, vestiges, relics, (the sorrow of) parting, end
  • 仮名 【かめい】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 片仮名 【かたかな】 katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • nombre
  • célebre
  • distinguido
  • reputación

Portuguese

  • nome
  • fama
  • distinção
  • reputação

French

  • nom
  • célèbre
  • fameux
  • réputation
140 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
55 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
71 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
116 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
131 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
346 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
82 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
285 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
113 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3297 Morohashi
2169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716 New Nelson (John Haig)
112 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
140 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
53 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2577 2001 Kanji
3d3.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
2760.0 Four corner code
1-44-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540d Unicode hex code