鸣 — Chinese character
鸣
míng
a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
- Pinyin
- míng
- Radical
- 196 ⿃ (Bird)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 鸟
- Formation
- ideographic — The sound 口 a bird 鸟 makes
- Traditional
- 鳴
Common words with 鸣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共鸣 (共鳴) | gòng míng | (physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response |
| 百家争鸣 (百家爭鳴) | bǎi jiā zhēng míng | a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC |
| 奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲) | zòu míng qǔ | sonata |
| 雷鸣 (雷鳴) | léi míng | thunder rolls |
| 鸣枪 (鳴槍) | míng qiāng | to fire warning shots |
| 耳鸣 (耳鳴) | ěr míng | tinnitus |
| 争鸣 (爭鳴) | zhēng míng | to contend |
| 悲鸣 (悲鳴) | bēi míng | to utter a mournful cry; wail; groan |
| 鸣叫 (鳴叫) | míng jiào | to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc |
| 鸣笛 (鳴笛) | míng dí | to hoot; to whistle |
| 一鸣惊人 (一鳴驚人) | yī míng jīng rén | to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity |
| 轰鸣 (轟鳴) | hōng míng | boom (sound of explosion); rumble |
English words written with 鸣
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.