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名 means 'name'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 78   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-2    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 3    Beginner lesson: 9   Begins 285 words   Used in 784 words   Used in 3111 names   Component in 4 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   メイ   ミョウ
Kun
   な name
Additional readings
Name    と
Components
⿱  夕 night  口 mouth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 名 is used 57 times, read 3 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 名 is used 763 times, read 3 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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メイ : 563 words FIND ALL
ゆ う め い 0
1. famous
noun
2. fame
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ミョウ : 39 words FIND ALL
ほ ん み ょ う 1 ほ ん み ょ う 0
noun
real name
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な : 160 words FIND ALL
な ま え 0
noun
1. name; full name  (see also: 名字, 姓)
2. given name; first name
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
な ご り 3 な ご り 0
noun
1. remains; traces; vestiges; relics
2. (the sorrow of) parting
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An additional 22 less common words include 名 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 55 (originally: 71)  Joy o' Kanji : 71  Key to Kanji: 999 

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名
メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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