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Chinese symbol for “nomenclature”

命名法
mìng míng fǎ
nomenclature

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nomenclature is 命名法 (mìng míng fǎ), defined as: nomenclature.

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Characters and stroke order

命 mìng
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 命名法.

WordPinyinMeaning
革命gé mìngto withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution
生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (条 (tiáo))
命令mìng lìngorder; command
命运 (命運)mìng yùnfate; destiny
任命rèn mìngto appoint; (job) appointment
命名mìng míngto give a name to; to dub
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of

See also: Japanese symbol for “nomenclature”.

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.