Read Edit View history 銘 míng inscribe Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint To carve 釒 one's name 名; 名 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 铭 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 銘 Simp strokes 銘 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 銘 Simp strokes 銘 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 銘 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 333, 819 ], [ 349, 808 ], [ 369, 781 ], [ 352, 727 ], [ 300, 622 ], [ 206, 484 ], [ 104, 384 ], [ 75, 361 ], [ 62, 358 ], [ 58, 350 ] ], [ [ 392, 722 ], [ 410, 721 ], [ 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482 232 483 L 248 503 Z", "M 383 721 Q 387 712 409 698 Q 440 674 474 645 Q 487 635 500 636 Q 509 637 513 648 Q 517 661 508 687 Q 496 718 403 739 Q 397 740 393 739 C 373 737 373 737 383 721 Z", "M 363 491 Q 451 521 454 522 Q 461 531 456 538 Q 449 548 421 551 Q 393 554 367 540 Q 342 530 313 519 Q 283 512 248 503 C 219 496 208 493 232 483 Q 235 483 237 481 Q 270 466 316 477 L 363 491 Z", "M 373 375 Q 449 397 453 402 Q 460 411 456 418 Q 449 428 421 432 Q 396 435 374 424 L 324 403 Q 258 385 229 379 Q 196 370 222 357 Q 262 338 323 360 L 325 360 L 373 375 Z", "M 369 202 Q 372 298 373 375 L 374 424 Q 374 427 375 429 Q 378 480 365 489 L 363 491 C 343 513 310 506 316 477 Q 319 468 324 403 L 325 360 Q 325 299 327 190 C 328 160 368 172 369 202 Z", "M 207 274 Q 240 229 268 217 Q 280 214 288 225 Q 292 235 292 249 Q 285 282 218 305 Q 205 309 197 307 Q 193 306 194 296 Q 195 286 207 274 Z", "M 432 326 Q 425 304 406 266 Q 402 259 407 255 Q 413 255 418 260 Q 466 303 490 321 Q 503 328 498 335 Q 474 369 440 366 Q 430 365 433 350 Q 437 340 432 326 Z", "M 327 190 Q 251 171 166 148 Q 147 144 115 144 Q 102 143 100 133 Q 97 120 107 110 Q 129 94 164 73 Q 174 69 187 78 Q 226 106 269 124 Q 336 151 401 179 Q 426 189 444 203 Q 457 210 458 220 Q 454 226 440 223 Q 406 213 369 202 L 327 190 Z", "M 634 643 Q 706 763 719 775 Q 728 785 723 798 Q 719 811 690 831 Q 665 847 646 847 Q 628 846 637 824 Q 661 779 570 627 Q 528 558 469 482 Q 460 472 458 466 Q 455 456 469 458 Q 479 459 523 502 L 539 519 Q 590 585 620 623 L 634 643 Z", "M 578 252 Q 701 409 797 565 Q 816 593 852 624 Q 867 634 861 645 Q 860 654 796 677 Q 777 687 757 673 Q 721 655 634 643 C 604 638 592 633 620 623 Q 645 602 714 622 Q 738 628 747 618 Q 751 608 735 583 Q 668 435 553 290 Q 457 169 273 6 Q 260 -7 274 -6 Q 319 0 440 106 Q 497 160 548 217 L 578 252 Z", "M 523 502 Q 527 495 539 482 Q 558 460 579 433 Q 588 421 600 420 Q 607 419 613 429 Q 619 439 615 463 Q 614 479 590 495 Q 569 507 539 519 C 511 530 507 527 523 502 Z", "M 598 245 Q 591 249 578 252 C 549 260 538 245 548 217 Q 570 159 582 71 Q 583 41 600 20 Q 616 -2 623 13 Q 629 28 628 53 L 624 92 Q 611 186 610 215 C 609 240 609 240 598 245 Z", "M 846 115 Q 876 196 908 217 Q 926 236 911 256 Q 856 301 818 302 Q 806 302 795 298 Q 720 267 598 245 C 568 240 581 209 610 215 Q 611 215 782 249 Q 798 253 807 246 Q 819 231 790 127 C 782 98 835 87 846 115 Z", "M 628 53 Q 635 53 646 55 Q 712 70 854 81 Q 867 82 868 93 Q 868 100 846 115 L 790 127 Q 783 127 780 125 Q 693 103 624 92 C 594 87 598 51 628 53 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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