Read Edit View history 铭 míng HSK7 inscribe Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint To carve 钅 one's name 名; 名 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas míng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 銘 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 铭 Simp strokes 铭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 铭 Simp strokes 铭 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 铭 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 322, 817 ], [ 355, 755 ], [ 311, 658 ], [ 196, 487 ], [ 76, 367 ] ], [ [ 305, 595 ], [ 489, 627 ] ], [ [ 218, 457 ], [ 441, 500 ] ], [ [ 162, 305 ], [ 437, 363 ] ], [ [ 259, 433 ], [ 296, 400 ], [ 274, 113 ], [ 294, 106 ], [ 429, 226 ] ], [ [ 645, 816 ], [ 684, 754 ], [ 597, 601 ], [ 467, 445 ] ], [ [ 623, 594 ], [ 764, 622 ], [ 821, 602 ], [ 581, 254 ], [ 365, 60 ] ], [ [ 538, 484 ], [ 603, 406 ] ], [ [ 554, 245 ], [ 588, 209 ], [ 617, 8 ] ], [ [ 617, 235 ], [ 791, 266 ], [ 847, 248 ], [ 857, 223 ], [ 800, 108 ] ], [ [ 638, 52 ], [ 784, 84 ], [ 862, 71 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M314,615Q336,652 354,684Q376,727 391,747Q398,759 390,773Q359,824 325,823Q309,822 315,802Q339,721 206,534Q149,455 74,376Q67,372 67,364Q67,360 73,360Q131,369 256,529Q257,533 261,536Q280,564 298,591C309,607 309,607 314,615Z", "M298,591Q338,579 395,592Q482,614 489,618Q496,625 491,633Q484,643 457,649Q429,652 403,640Q381,631 358,625Q337,621 314,615C305,613 289,593 298,591Z", "M294,440Q301,443 311,446Q438,488 442,490Q449,499 444,506Q437,516 409,519Q381,522 355,507Q328,495 299,485Q268,475 228,467Q197,458 221,445Q233,441 249,438C264,435 280,434 294,440Z", "M321,309Q358,322 400,333Q433,343 437,349Q444,356 440,365Q433,375 403,380Q367,383 321,358C291,347 291,347 276,342Q272,342 270,340Q227,327 174,317Q140,308 166,294Q208,276 269,295Q272,296 278,297C307,305 307,305 321,309Z", "M278,297Q278,176 237,121Q213,91 256,53Q268,46 278,62Q291,89 416,202Q432,215 436,223Q439,232 431,231Q419,231 323,172Q316,168 314,174Q320,247 321,309C321,342 321,342 321,358Q321,380 325,398Q331,416 294,440C281,448 241,451 249,438Q273,390 276,342C277,312 277,312 278,297Z", "M629,610Q654,647 682,693Q703,733 722,752Q731,762 726,775Q722,787 695,807Q670,823 652,823Q634,822 642,800Q655,775 646,752Q618,676 574,605Q532,536 473,461Q464,451 462,445Q459,435 473,438Q483,439 527,482C538,493 538,493 543,499Q577,541 616,591C625,604 625,604 629,610Z", "M600,243Q711,376 810,541Q829,571 863,600Q878,612 872,621Q869,631 806,653Q787,662 768,648Q735,630 629,610C621,608 609,595 616,591Q640,573 727,595Q749,601 758,592Q762,583 748,558Q676,393 552,255Q549,255 549,253C547,251 547,248 545,246Q472,167 365,66Q352,53 366,54Q423,63 560,200C587,229 587,229 600,243Z", "M527,482Q531,475 542,462Q590,402 600,400Q607,399 613,409Q619,419 616,443Q615,459 593,475Q572,487 543,499C536,501 522,488 527,482Z", "M611,238Q608,241 600,243C584,249 559,267 549,253Q546,252 545,246C539,231 555,215 560,200Q578,145 587,67Q588,37 604,16Q620,-6 627,9Q633,22 633,44C631,69 631,69 630,82Q620,175 617,207C617,218 619,232 611,238Z", "M841,100Q866,188 901,214Q917,233 903,252Q824,312 767,279Q697,255 611,238C601,236 607,205 617,207Q626,208 779,240Q795,244 803,238Q816,222 788,109C785,91 837,82 841,100Z", "M633,44Q640,43 649,44Q713,56 853,62Q865,63 867,73Q867,80 841,100C827,111 806,109 788,109Q784,110 781,109Q697,91 630,82C617,80 620,44 633,44Z" ] } 11 strokes 铭 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 325, 810 ], [ 346, 786 ], [ 355, 760 ], [ 298, 634 ], [ 241, 545 ], [ 178, 463 ], [ 132, 413 ], [ 74, 368 ] ], [ [ 305, 595 ], [ 449, 629 ], [ 483, 626 ] ], [ [ 222, 457 ], [ 245, 454 ], [ 290, 461 ], [ 391, 497 ], 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