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銘 (Kangxi radical 167,金+6, 14 strokes,cangjie input金弓戈口 (CNIR),four-corner87160,composition⿰釒名)
| trad. | 銘 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 铭 | |
| Historical forms of the character銘 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) andphono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*meːŋ): semantic 金(“metal”) + phonetic 名(OC*meŋ,“name”) – to engrave in metal.
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 銘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 莫經切 |
| Baxter | meng |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /meŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /meŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /meŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /mieŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | míng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ming4 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 銘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | míng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ meng › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁeŋ/ |
| English | inscription |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 銘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9182 |
| Phonetic component | 名 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 冥 |
| Old Chinese | /*meːŋ/ |
銘
| Kanji in this term |
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| 銘 |
| めい Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
FromMiddle Chinese銘 /铭(meng,“inscription”).
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