銘

銘

See also: 铭

銘 U+9298, 銘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9298 ← 銗 [U+9297] CJK Unified Ideographs 銙 → [U+9299]

Translingual

Han character

銘 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金弓戈口 (CNIR), four-corner 8716₀, composition ⿰金名)

Descendants

• 铭

References

• KangXi: page 1305, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40385
• Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4200, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9298

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Chinese

trad.		銘
simp.		铭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (名) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
名	*meŋ
洺	*meŋ
眳	*meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ
詺	*meŋs
銘	*meːŋ
茗	*meːŋʔ
酩	*meːŋʔ
姳	*meːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *meːŋ) : semantic 釒 (“metal”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ) – engrave in metal. Note that 名 means “name”, hence connotations of “engrave a name in metal”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míng (ming²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴, ming⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mén / mìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mên²

• Min Dong (BUC): mìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²
    • Yale: míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴, ming⁵
    • Yale: mìhng, míhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴, ming⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴, ming⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/, /mɪŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mén / mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: men` / minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men³ / min²
    • Sinological IPA: /men³¹/, /min¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mên²
    • Sinological IPA: /mɛn¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /meŋ/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ/

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; * 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	銘
Reading #	1/1
No.	9182
Phonetic component	名
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	冥
Old Chinese	/*meːŋ/

Definitions

銘

1. inscription

   墓誌銘／墓志铭  ―  mùzhìmíng  ―  epitaph

   座右銘／座右铭  ―  zuòyòumíng  ―  motto

2. to inscribe; to engrave

   銘記／铭记  ―  míngjì  ―  to always remember

   刻骨銘心／刻骨铭心  ―  kègǔmíngxīn  ―  unforgettable; etched in one's memory

Compounds

刻骨銘心／刻骨铭心 (kègǔmíngxīn) 功銘鼎彝／功铭鼎彝 勒銘／勒铭 埋銘／埋铭 墓誌銘／墓志铭 (mùzhìmíng) 座右銘／座右铭 (zuòyòumíng) 旌銘／旌铭 燕然山銘／燕然山铭 瘞鶴銘／瘗鹤铭 硯銘／砚铭 碑銘／碑铭 (bēimíng) 西銘／西铭 銘佩／铭佩

銘傳／铭传 銘傳商專／铭传商专 銘傳大學／铭传大学 銘刻／铭刻 (míngkè) 銘心／铭心 (míngxīn) 銘心刻骨／铭心刻骨 銘心鏤骨／铭心镂骨 銘感／铭感 銘感五內／铭感五内 銘文／铭文 (míngwén) 銘旌／铭旌 (míngjīng) 銘牌／铭牌 (míngpái)

銘篆／铭篆 銘肌鏤骨／铭肌镂骨 銘言／铭言 銘記／铭记 (míngjì) 銘記在心／铭记在心 銘謝／铭谢 銘謝惠顧／铭谢惠顾 銘骨／铭骨 鏤骨銘心／镂骨铭心 鏤骨銘肌／镂骨铭肌 鐫心銘骨／镌心铭骨 陋室銘／陋室铭

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Japanese

Kanji

銘

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. inscription

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
• Kan-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
• Nanori: たか (taka); み (mi); め (me)

Kanji in this term
銘
めい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 銘 (meng, “inscription”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) め​ー [méꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [me̞ː]

Noun

銘(めい) • (mei) 

1. inscription

Derived terms

• 無銘(むめい) (mumei)
• 太刀銘(たちめい) (tachimei)
• 刀銘(かたなめい) (katanamei)
• 刀銘(とうめい) (tōmei)
• 表銘(おもてめい) (omotemei)
• 裏銘(うらめい) (uramei)
• 二字銘(にじめい) (nijimei): (swords) an inscription of two characters
• 長銘(ながめい) (nagamei), 長銘(ちょうめい) (chōmei): (swords) an inscription that includes some personal details about the swordsmith
• 受領銘(ずりょうめい) (zuryōmei)
• 折(お)り返(かえ)し銘(めい) (orikaeshimei)
• 額銘(がくめい) (gakumei): (swords) an inscription where a blade is shortened and a rectangular metal piece bearing the original inscription is cut out from the removed portion and embedded in the new tang
• 朱銘(しゅめい) (shumei)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

銘 (eumhun 새길 명 (saegil myeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 명 (“inscribe, engrave”).
2. Hanja form^? of 명 (“unforgettably”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

銘: Hán Nôm readings: minh, triệu

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References

• Nom Foundation