Chinese symbol for “called”
名叫
míng jiào
called; named
The closest CC-CEDICT match for called is 名叫 (míng jiào), defined as: called; named.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “called”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 名叫.
| 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 |
| 叫做 | jiào zuò | to be called; to be known as |
| 尖叫 | jiān jiào | to screech; to shriek |
See also: Japanese symbol for “called”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.