Entry
  1. Noun

    distinguished family; good family; reputable family

    彼は北部で一番の名家の中の一つの出だ。
    He sprang from one of the best families in the north.
  2. great master; expert; authority; eminent person

  3. Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

    Historical termsee 公家

  4. School of Names (China); Logicians; Disputers

    Historical term

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

name, noted, distinguished, reputation

Kun
-な
On
メイミョウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
177 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-3, 3-3-3, 4-6-1SKIP code
3d3.12The Kanji Dictionary
2760.0Four corner code
2577deroo
540dUnicode hex code
1-44-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1170Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
716New Nelson (John Haig)
2169New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2693Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1371Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1857Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
112Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
117Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
116A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
346Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
131Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3297Morohashi
71A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
82Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140sakade
34Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
55henshall3
53Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
140crowley
82Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
285Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
113Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ming2Pinyin reading
myeongKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
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house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

Kun
いえうち
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
133 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

ありつか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-7SKIP code
3m7.1The Kanji Dictionary
3023.2Four corner code
751deroo
5bb6Unicode hex code
1-18-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1311Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1337New Nelson (John Haig)
2273New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2827Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1458Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1963Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
541Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
580Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
81A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1185Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
151Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7169Morohashi
83A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
165Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
165Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
53sakade
158Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89henshall3
189Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
46crowley
52Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
480Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
547Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jia1, gu1Pinyin reading
gaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level