Today’s first #kanji is #名, which is listed under the radical of 口. “Jack and Jill” are often used as the most typical names in English and those in Japanese are “Taro and Hanako.” Although in Hiragana Taro is written たろう with u added, it sounds like タロ. If you put タロ diagonally together that becomes 名, and that means “a name.”
Meaning: a name, reputation, a counter for people
名字（ミョウジ）: a family name, a surname (it can be written as 苗字)
大名（ダイミョウ）: daimyo – a Japanese feudal lord
名刺（メイシ）: a business card, a visiting card
名詞（メイシ）: a noun
名月（メイゲツ）: the harvest moon (usually used in a phrase, 中秋（チュウシュウ）の名月)
名所（メイショ）: a noted place, a palce of interest, sights (to see)
姓名（セイメイ）: a full name (姓 for the family name and 名 for the given name – Japanese people do not have a middle name)
有名（ユウメイ）（な）: famous, famed, noted, renowned
名（な）: a name, a given name; a reputation: a pretext
名前（なまえ）: a name
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