EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    great actor; famous actor; star

    彼は自分が名優だとうぬぼれた。
    He flattered himself that he was the best actor.
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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

Kun
やさ.しいすぐ.れるまさ.る
On
ユウ
Strokes
17
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
334 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

よし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-2-15SKIP code
2a15.1The Kanji Dictionary
2124.7Four corner code
2167deroo
512aUnicode hex code
1-45-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
564Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
334New Nelson (John Haig)
177New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
200Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
156Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
993Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1068Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
453A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2599Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1148Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1261Morohashi
984A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1033Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1074Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
995henshall3
1000Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
140Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1002Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you1Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level