鳴

鳴 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日火 (RHAF), four-corner 6702₇, composition ⿰口鳥)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1482, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46672
• Dae Jaweon: page 2014, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4615, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9CF4

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 鳥 (“bird”) – to cry (of birds).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with 鈴 (OC *reːŋ, “bell”), 笙 (OC *sreŋ), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

鳴

1. (of birds, animals and insects) to cry, to call

   鳥鳴／鸟鸣  ―  niǎo míng  ―  birds cry

2. (of other kinds of noises) to make a sound

   雷鳴／雷鸣  ―  léimíng  ―  to be thunderous

   耳鳴／耳鸣  ―  ěrmíng  ―  tinnitus

3. (literary, or in compounds) to express; to voice

   鳴冤／鸣冤  ―  míngyuān  ―  to voice grievances

   鳴不平／鸣不平  ―  míngbùpíng  ―  to cry out against injustice

4. a surname

• (to express):

• “鳴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. a cry; crying

• Go-on: みょう (myō)
• Kan-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
• Kun: なく (naku, 鳴く, Jōyō); なる (naru, 鳴る, Jōyō); ならす (narasu, 鳴らす, Jōyō)

• 泣

鳴 (eumhun 울 명 (ul myeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 명 (“cry of bird or animal”).
2. Hanja form^? of 명 (“make sound”).

鳴: Hán Nôm readings: minh, mắng, mằng

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