Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 6

名

Meaning in English

name, noted, distinguished

Readings

Onyomi: メイ, ミョウ Kunyomi: な, -な Romaji: mei, myou / na, -na

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

名

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese nome, notável, distinto

Spanish nombre, notado, distinguido

Korean 이름, 유명한, 뛰어난

French nom, connu, distingué

Italian nome, noto, distinto

German Name, bekannt, ausgezeichnet

Indonesian nama, terkenal, terkemuka

★ Vietnamese tên, nổi bật, xuất sắc

Thai ชื่อ, เป็นที่รู้จัก, โดดเด่น

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 吏 ri officer, an official, fonctionnaire N4 台 dai, tai / utena, ware, tsukasa pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles N3 号 gou / sake.bu, yobina nickname, number, item N3 告 koku / tsu.geru revelation, tell, inform N3 可 ka, koku / -be.ki, -be.shi can, passable, mustn't N2 含 gan / fuku.mu, fuku.meru contain, include, hold in the mouth N2 史 shi history, chronicle, histoire N4 古 ko / furu.i, furu-, -furu.su old, vieux, viejo N3 否 hi / ina, iya negate, no, noes

Word

Words with this kanji

N5 片仮名 katakana katakana, Japanese syllabary N5 名前 namae name N5 平仮名 hiragana hiragana, basic Japanese syllabary N5 有名 yuumei famous, well-known

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 彼は有名な人らしいです。 Kare wa yuumei na hito rashii desu. Apparently he is a famous person. N5 私は名前を書きます。 Watashi wa namae o kakimasu. I write my name.

Grammar

Related grammar structures

N4 〜という to iu Indicates name, definition, quotation, or explanation, attaches to a word or sentence, means called, said that, or that is