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 ⿰釒名)

Descendants

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

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／钅 (“metal”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ) – engrave in metal. Note that 名 means “name”, hence connotations of “engrave a name in metal”.

Pronunciation

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
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
  • 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

Japanese

Kanji
銘

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. inscription

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

銘(めい) • (mei) 

  1. inscription

Derived terms

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

Korean

Hanja

銘 (eumhun 새길 명 (saegil myeong))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

銘: Hán Nôm readings: minh, triệu

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References
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