Chinese symbol for “name”
名
míng
name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for name is 名 (míng), defined as: name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “name”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 名义 (名義) | míng yì | name; titular |
| 称号 (稱號) | chēng hào | name; term of address |
| 取名 | qǔ míng | to name; to be named |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “name”.
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.