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Kanji Detail for 鳴 - "to cry, to sound"

鳴

  • Meaning

    鳴 means "to cry, to sound." Also associated with to resound.

    1. To cry - Birds, animals, or insects making sounds.

    2. To sound - Objects producing noise.

    3. To resound - Fame spreading far and wide.

  • Words using 鳴

    • 悲鳴 ひめい Listen shriek; scream
    • 鳴り なり Listen ringing; sound
    • 鳴き声 なきごえ Listen cry (of an animal); call; chirp
    • 鳴門 なると Listen strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom
    • 怒鳴り込む どなりこむ Listen to storm in with a yell
    • 共鳴 きょうめい Listen resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
    • 鳴らす ならす Listen to ring; to sound; to chime
    • 鳴る なる Listen to sound; to ring; to resound

  • Four-character idioms with 鳴

    • 百家争鳴 ひゃっかそうめい Listen let a hundred schools of thought contend
    • 大山鳴動 たいざんめいどう Listen big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
    • 蛙鳴蝉噪 あめいせんそう Listen annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy
    • 鶏鳴狗盗 けいめいくとう Listen person who resorts to petty tricks; person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks

  • Tattoo check: 鳴

    • Verified meaning: to cry, to sound
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read なる, ひびき, みん, めい)
    • Also carries these associations: to resound

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 鳴

    Given names 鳴(ひびき)Listen 鳴(めい)Listen

    Surnames 鳴(なる)Listen 鳴(みん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    chirp; cry; bark; sound; ring; echo; honk

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cry of bird or animal; make sound

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Bird sounds. By extension, all sounds are called 鳴. As in 鳴鼓 means beating a drum.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    mei(メイ) メイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    na.ku(な-く) な-く

    na.rasu(な-らす) な-らす

    naru(な-る) な-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    鳥 (tori・torihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to cry to sound to resound chirp bark ring noise buzz howl hum honk screech peal clatter acoustic

Sentences including 鳴

  • Don't shout.

  • I was watching tv when the telephone rang.

  • Oh , he broke wind.

  • A few minutes later the telephone rang.

  • I hear the phone.

  • As i was having lunch , the phone rang.

  • When i was reading a book , the telephone rang.

  • Just then , the telephone rang.

  • The phone rang when i was having lunch.

  • You must not shout at him.

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