Memory phrase for the Kanji: 名


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Meaning

name, fame

Pronunciation

MEI, MYŌ
na

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

eveningVariante of moon , that is not fully risen, because it is still evening.
mouthA small square stands for the mouth, and a big square is an enclosure.
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Vocabulary

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

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