Kanji1 / 6
名 kanji
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
メイミョウ
Kun readings
な-な
Words with 名
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —異名同音enharmonic
- —同姓同名having the same family name and given name (as someone else)
- —電子署名e-signature; electronic signature
- —襲名披露announcing the succession to another's stage name
- —名誉回復restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
- —名誉挽回restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
- —名声赫々of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame
- —名声嘖々highly renowned; on everybody's lips; enjoying a high reputation
- —汚名返上clearing one's name; redeeming oneself; restoring one's honor
- —金言名句golden (wise) saying; aphorism; maxim
- —姓名不詳unidentified; name unknown
- —創氏改名policy that forced Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names (1939; abolished in 1945)
- —売名行為act of self-advertisement; publicity stunt
- —名所古跡scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
- —名僧知識great (learned) priest; celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment
- —有名無名well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and humble
- —一般名詞common noun
- —聖名祝日one's saint's day; name day
- —題名なしuntitled
- —可算名詞countable noun