名 — Chinese character
名
míng
name; position, rank, title
- Pinyin
- míng
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 夕 口
- Formation
- ideographic — A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕
- Japanese
- 名 as a kanji
Common words with 名
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous; noted |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 知名 | zhī míng | well-known; famous |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 名为 (名為) | míng wéi | to be called; to be known as |
| 名义 (名義) | míng yì | name; titular |
| 提名 | tí míng | to nominate |
| 匿名 | nì míng | anonymous; to remain anonymous |
| 命名 | mìng míng | to give a name to; to dub |
| 姓名 | xìng míng | surname and given name; full name |
English words written with 名
名 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 24 · Analects 8 · Art of War 4 · Mencius 10 · Zhuangzi 133 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 21
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 34
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 37
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.