Jisho

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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

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:
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

15 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
shop, store, pave
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1412 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 舗 【ホ】 shop, store, counter for foldable things such as maps, etc.
  • 舗装 【ホソウ】 paving (a road), surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.), pavement
  • 老舗 【シニセ】 long-established shop, shop of long standing, old shop
  • 名舗 【メイホ】 quality shop, famous store

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu4, pu1
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • tienda
  • almacén
  • pavimentar

Portuguese

  • Loja

French

  • échoppe
  • magasin
  • étalage
1786 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1305 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
552 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1773 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1690 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1443 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1536 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1830 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
54 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2177 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1142 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1547 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1856 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30323P Morohashi
1735 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
322 New Nelson (John Haig)
1839 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1982 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1750 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2853 2001 Kanji
3b12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-7 SKIP code
8362.7 Four corner code
1-42-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8217 Unicode hex code