This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: メイ、な.く、な.る、な.らす
Romaji: mei, na.ku, na.ru, na.rasu
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Name Readings

Kana: なり、なる
Romaji: nari, naru
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Meanings

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  30
Frequency:  1279
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-3-11
Korean Reading:  myeong
Chinese Reading:  ming2
Unicode:  9cf4
JIS:  4C44

Indexes

Halpern Index: 674
Nelson Index: 983
New Nelson Index: 6939
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d11.1
Four Corner Index: 6702.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 209
Gakken Index: 1186
Japanese Names Index: 2065
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46672
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0799
Remembering the kanji Index: 1942
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1019
Kodansha Compact Index: 1935
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 229
Kanji in Context Index: 487
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 481
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 616
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1961
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2092
Essential Kanji Index: 864
Kodansha Kanji Index: 831
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3750
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 321
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 235

Words

鳴る (なる)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
鳴らす (ならす)
to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed; to state; to insist; to complain; to fart (loudly)
鳴き声 (なきごえ)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine; meow
鳴子 (なるこ)
clapper
怒鳴る (どなる)
to shout; to yell
鳴門 (なると)
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref.; Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
共鳴 (きょうめい)
resonance; sympathetic (sound); (being in) sympathy
鳴く (なく)
to sing (bird); to bark; to purr; to make sound (animal)
悲鳴 (ひめい)
shriek; scream
雷鳴 (らいめい)
thunder
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