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銘 = 金 + 名

銘 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “inscription”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 名 (name). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 293.

Keyword
inscription
RTK frame
293
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
メイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
надпись
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
銘 inscribe

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 金 gold
  2. 名 name

How to find 銘 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “name”. 銘 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 銘 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.