鳴 — chirp, cry
鳴
- Meaning
- chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring
- On reading
- メイmei
- Kun reading
- なくnakuなるnaruならすnarasu
- Strokes
- 14
- Learned in
- Grade 2 of elementary school in Japan
鳴 in names
When I turn a name into kanji, I use 鳴 for the sound “mei” (めい) or “naru” (なる).
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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).