EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; published name

    彼は娘の名義で毎月収入から1万円貯蓄した。
    Every month, he saved ten thousand yen out of his income for his daughter.
  2. moral duty

    see 名分

  3. justification; pretext

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Characters in this word

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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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righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning

On
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
415 of 2500
Radical
sheep
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Used in names as

ただしちかのりよし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-10, 2-2-11, 2-6-7SKIP code
2o11.3The Kanji Dictionary
8055.3Four corner code
959deroo
7fa9Unicode hex code
1-21-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3668Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4668New Nelson (John Haig)
2338New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1514Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2052Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
641Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
691Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
287A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1975Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
244Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28504Morohashi
645A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
291Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580sakade
1658Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
674henshall3
771Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
62crowley
493Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1568Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
648Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
euiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level