Jisho

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名

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 夕
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Kun:
な、 -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

Stroke order

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:
と
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

帳

11 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
巾 長
Variants:
賬
notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent
Kun:
とばり
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 帳 【チョウ】 book, register
  • 帳消し 【チョウケシ】 writing off (a debt), cancellation, balancing the books, cancelling out (gains or losses), making even, making up (for), offsetting, undoing, wiping out
  • 記帳 【キチョウ】 registry, entry, book-keeping, signature
  • 台帳 【ダイチョウ】 account book, ledger, register

Kun reading compounds

  • 帳 【とばり】 curtain, hanging, bunting
  • 夜の帳 【よるのとばり】 veil of darkness, curtain of night

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • registro
  • libro de cuentas

Portuguese

  • caderno
  • livro contábil
  • álbum

French

  • cahier
  • livre de comptes
  • album
470 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
368 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
347 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1181 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1478 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
851 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1251 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1159 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1184 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
567 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
572 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
347 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
430 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1941 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8939 Morohashi
473 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 New Nelson (John Haig)
1922 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2072 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
381 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1665 2001 Kanji
3f8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4123.2 Four corner code
1-36-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e33 Unicode hex code