Entry
  1. Noun

    great player; star player

    チームきっての名選手がけがしなかったら、うちのチームが簡単に勝っていただろう。
    Our team could easily have brought home the bacon, if it weren't for the team's best man being injured.
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Characters in this word

3
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elect, select, choose, prefer

Kun
えら.ぶえ.るよ.る
On
セン
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
57 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-12, 3-2-12SKIP code
2q12.3The Kanji Dictionary
3730.8Four corner code
3561deroo
9078Unicode hex code
1-33-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4744Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6114New Nelson (John Haig)
3169New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3931Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1804Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
105A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2419Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
522Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39127PMorohashi
527A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
800Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
449sakade
967Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
556henshall3
626Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341crowley
264Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1822Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xuan3Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hand

Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level