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茗

茗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 茶。
  2. 「茗艼」に使われる字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声文字、「艸」+ 音符「名」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tea

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ミョウ
  • メイ
Kun (native)
  • ちゃ
Other languages
  • 拼音ming2
  • 한글myeong
  • Hán-ViệtMính

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8317

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹名

Words using this kanji

  • 茗荷みょうがショウガ目ショウガ科ショウガ属に属する多年草の一種。学名: Zingiber mioga。Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), myoga ginger, mioga ginger
  • 茗めいtea (esp. picked late)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-6
Four Corner
4460.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k6.5
Nelson
3929