鸣
míng HSK7

cry of bird or animal

鸣 (鳴) míng
cry verb
to cry, chirp, or hoot (referring to birds, animals, or insects)

窗外的鸟儿正在鸣叫。

chuāng wài de niǎo​r zhèng​zài míng jiào.

The birds outside the window are chirping.

sound verb
to make a sound, ring, or blast

随着一声令下，现场礼炮齐鸣。

suí​zhe yī shēng lìng xià, xiàn​chǎng lǐ​pào qí míng.

Upon the command, the ceremonial cannons fired in unison.

voice verb
to voice, express, or proclaim (thoughts, feelings, or grievances)

他四处奔走，为受害者鸣不平。

tā sì​chù bēn​zǒu, wèi shòu​hài​zhě míng bù​píng.

He traveled everywhere to voice grievances on behalf of the victims.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,680th most common 55.0 per million
Movie subtitles
2,316th most common 11.7 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.92 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
17.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
鳴
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+9E23

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)