名字 (míng zi)

Character breakdown

• 名 (míng) · 6 strokes

  Depicts a mouth (口) saying their own name at night (夕) when it is too dark for others to see them.

• 字 (zì) · 6 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 子 represents the sound. The 宀 (roof) component is based on the original meaning "raise up children". The meaning later shifted to "educate", "word"…

Example sentences

1. 我的名字叫Hopkins。 — My name is Hopkins.
2. 我的名字是Yatarou. — My name is Yatarou.
3. 叫什么名字? — What's your name?
4. 我的名字是Ludwig。 — My name is Ludwig.
5. 我的名字是Irakli — My name is Irakli.

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