鳴
chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
Readings
On'yomi
- メイ
Kun'yomi
- な.く
- な.る
- な.らす
Nanori
- なり
- なる
Meaning
鳴 centers on producing a vocal or resonant sound: animals chirping, crying, or barking, and objects ringing, echoing, or honking.
Most common words using 鳴
20 of 148- 鳴るなるN4
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
- 鳴らすならすN2
to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers); to crack (joints)
- 鳴くなくN4
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
- 悲鳴ひめいN1
shriek; scream
- 怒鳴るどなるN2
to shout (in anger); to yell
- 鳴き声なきごえ
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar; bark; yelp; meow
- 鳴門なると
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom
- 共鳴きょうめいN1
resonance
- 耳鳴りみみなり
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
- 鳴子なるこ
clapper; noisemaker; bird rattle
- 雷鳴らいめい
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
- 鳴り響くなりひびく
to reverberate; to resound; to echo
- 高鳴るたかなる
to throb; to beat fast
- 地鳴りじなり
rumble in the ground
- 鳴り物入りなりものいり
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
- 鳴動めいどう
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
- 高鳴りたかなり
ringing; throbbing violently
- 鳴り物なりもの
musical instrument; music
- 鳴神なるかみ
thunder
- 怒鳴りつけるどなりつける
to shout at
Study
Etymology
鳴 combines 口 (mouth) and 鳥 (bird), suggesting a bird's call or the sound made by an animal. The modern form preserves this straightforward semantic composition.
Meaning mnemonic
A bird 鳥 opens its mouth 口 to chirp, cry, or sing. The sound it makes is 鳴.
Reading mnemonic
For メイ, imagine a bird chirping in May: May -> メイ, and its song rings through the air.