鳴
bark, chirp, cry, echo, honk, ring, sound
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
14 / 14
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:14
JLPT:3
Frequency:1279
Vocabulary
メイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共鳴 | キョウメイ | resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.) |
| 悲鳴 | ヒメイ | shriek; scream |
| 雷鳴 | ライメイ | thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder |
| 共鳴者 | キョウメイシャ | sympathizer; sympathiser; fellow traveler; fellow traveller |
| 鶏鳴 | ケイメイ | crowing of a cock; crowing of a rooster; cockcrow; dawn; daybreak; hour of the Ox (around 2am) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自鳴鐘 | とけい | clock; watch; timepiece |
| 怒鳴る | どなる | to shout (in anger); to yell |
| 鳴き声 | なきごえ | cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar; bark; yelp; meow |
| 鳴く | なく | to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong) |
| 鳴らす | ならす | to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers); to crack (joints); to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed; to state; to insist; to complain; to fart (loudly) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
鳥
bird, chicken
Grade 2JLPT 4
煮
boil, cook
Grade 8JLPT 1
遺
bequeath, leave behind, reserve
Grade 6JLPT 1
礁
reef, sunken rock
Grade 8JLPT 1
鶏
chicken
Grade 8JLPT 1
馬
horse
Grade 2JLPT 3
員
employee, member, number, the one in charge
Grade 3JLPT 4
薫
be scented, fragrant, send forth fragrance, smoke (tobacco)
Grade 8JLPT 1
憩
recess, relax, repose, rest
Grade 8JLPT 1
黒
black
Grade 2JLPT 4