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鳴

鳴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 鳥などがなく。
  2. 声を出す。
  3. 音がなる。音をならす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「口」 + 「雞」の原字（雄鶏の象形）。「雞」は次第に「鳥」の形となった。「なく」を意味する漢語｛鳴｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • メイElem.
Kun (native)
  • な(く)Elem.
  • な(る)Elem.
  • な(らす)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • なり
  • なる
Other languages
  • 拼音ming2
  • 한글myeong
  • Hán-ViệtMinh

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
鳥(とり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+9CF4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口鳥

Words using this kanji

  • 鳴りなりringing, sound
  • 鳴き声なきごえなきごえを参照。cry (of an animal), call, chirp, song
  • 鳴門なるとstrait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern
  • 鳴らすならす「ならす」を参照。to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat
  • 鳴るなる「なる」を参照。to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo
  • 鳴くなく「なく」を参照。to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine
  • 鳴り物入りなりものいりflourish of trumpets, fanfare
  • 鳴子なるこclapper, noisemaker, bird rattle, naruko
  • 鳴動めいどう地鳴りがして地面が振動すること。 音がして揺れ動くこと。rumbling, (ringing) cadence
  • 鳴禽めいきんよい声でさえずる鳥。songbird, oscine
  • 鳴管めいかん鳥類の発声するための器官。気管が変化したもの。syrinx, lower larynx
  • 鳴嚢めいのう蛙の雄の喉のあたりにあり、鳴き声を共鳴させるための薄い膜の袋。声嚢。vocal sac (on frog)
  • 鳴神なるかみthunder
  • 鳴鐘めいしょうbell-ringing (at a temple)
  • 鳴門巻なるとまきkamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern
  • 鳴り物なりものmusical instrument, music, accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
  • 鳴禽類めいきんるいスズメ科スズメ亜目の小鳥の総称。oscines (birds of suborder Oscines), songbirds
  • 鳴き鳥なきどりsongbird, bird with a beautiful song
  • 鳴き砂なきすなsinging sand (which produces sound when stepped on), whistling sand, squeaking sand, barking sand
  • 鳴り鏑なりかぶらarrow with a whistle attached, whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-11
Four Corner
6702.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d11.1
Heisig
2092
Nelson
983