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名

N5Lesson 16 strokes

name

On reading (音読み): メイ、ミョウ
Kun reading (訓読み): な

Example words

名前(なまえ)name
有名(ゆうめい)famous
名刺(めいし)business card
仮名(かな)kana (Japanese syllabaries)
指名(しめい)appointment, nomination

In the vocabulary

Words from the course that use this kanji.

お名前(なまえ)は？what is it called?Lesson 1
名刺(めいし)business cardLesson 2
有名(ゆうめい)[な]famous, well knownLesson 8
名前(なまえ)nameLesson 14

Easy to mix up

The book warns about these lookalike kanji.

多a lot, much, numerous