鳴

See also 鸣

Translingual

Han character

鳴 (radical 196 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日火 (RHAF), four-corner 6702₇, composition ⿰口鳥)

1. cry of bird or animal
2. make sound

References

• KangXi: page 1482, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46672
• Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4615, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9CF4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鳴 (simplified 鸣, Yale ming4)

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Japanese

Kanji

鳴 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. a cry; crying

Readings

• On: めい (mei)
• Kun: なく (鳴く, naku), なる (鳴る, naru), ならす (鳴らす, narasu)

Compounds

• 悲鳴 (ひめい, himei): a scream, a shriek
• 鳴門, 鳴戸 (なると, naruto): a narrows where a noisy whirlpool occurs
• 鳴戸巻, 鳴門巻 (なるとまき, naruto maki): a noisy whirlpool; a spiral pattern resembling a whirlpool

Synonyms

• 泣

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鳴 (simplified 鸣, pinyin míng (ming2), Wade-Giles ming²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鳴 (minh)