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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Romaji

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

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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