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鳴

鳴

See also: 嗚 and 鸣

Translingual

Han character

鳴 (radical 196 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日火 (RHAF), four-corner 6702₇, composition ⿰口鳥)

cry of bird or other animal
to make sound

References

KangXi: page 1482, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46672

Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4615, character 17

Unihan data for U+9CF4

Chinese

trad.		鳴
simp.		鸣

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): míng (ming²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Wade-Giles: ming²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴
  - Yale: mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiæŋ/▼

Rime
Character	鳴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武兵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*m.reŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mreŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鳴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*m.reŋ/
English	cry (of birds or animals)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鳴
Reading #	1/1
No.	9216
Phonetic component	鳴
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	明
Old Chinese	/*mreŋ/

Verb

鳴

to cry (of birds, animals and insects)

Compounds

鸣鞭
鸣不平
鸣唱
鸣笛
鸣放
鸣鼓而攻之
鸣叫
鸣金
鸣锣开道
鸣响
鸣谢
鸣冤
鸣噪
鸣奏

Japanese

Kanji

鳴

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

a cry; crying

Readings

Goon: みょう (myō)
Kan’on: めい (mei)
Kun: なく (鳴く, naku), なる (鳴る, naru), ならす (鳴らす, narasu)

Compounds

Compounds

奏鳴曲 (そうめいきょく) ‎(sōmeikyoku): sonata
悲鳴 (ひめい) ‎(himei): a scream, a shriek
鳴門 (なると) ‎(naruto), 鳴戸 (なると) ‎(naruto): a narrows where a noisy whirlpool occurs
鳴戸巻 (なるとまき) ‎(naruto maki), 鳴門巻 (なるとまき) ‎(naruto maki): a noisy whirlpool; a spiral pattern resembling a whirlpool

Synonyms

泣

Korean

Hanja

鳴 • ‎(myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune-Reischauer myŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鳴 (minh)

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