名(míng): name
HSK 16 strokes
name
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- míng
- Meaning
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 名 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 名 step by step
6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 名
Common words using 名 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
(idiom) to become famous in one stroke; to shoot to fame (originally referred to passin…
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