Memory phrase for the character: 名

名

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Meaning

name, fame

Pronunciation

 MEI, MYŌ
na

Explanation

 Evening 夕 (If the moon 月 is not yet complete [a stroke is missing], it is only evening 夕.) and mouth 口

Mnemonic
 
In the evening, you talk about people with name and fame.

Radicals

夕 eveningSimplified version of moon: 月, which has not yet fully risen in the evening.
口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

氏名 しめい  full name, identity
名前 なまえ  name
名刺 めいし  business card
名字 みょうじ  surname, family name
平仮名 ひらがな  hiragana, 47 syllables alphabet
片仮名 かたかな  katakana
仮名遣い かなづかい  kana orthography, syllabary spelling
送り仮名 おくりがな  Kana added to a Kanji for expressing flexion
署名 しょめい  signature

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