Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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

evening(Variante of moon , that is not fully risen, because it is still evening.)
mouth(A 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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