铭
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to engrave; inscribed motto
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 金 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 銘
- Common rank
- #2,485
- Unicode
- U+94ED
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 铭 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To carve 钅 one's name 名; 名 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
inscription · Heisig RSH #285
名 name + 金 gold
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 铭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罗保铭 | Luo Baoming (1952-), sixth governor of Hainan | |
| 刻骨铭心 | lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unfor… | |
| 铭心刻骨 | lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; remembered wi… | |
| 铭文 | inscription | |
| 铭言 | motto; slogan | |
| 座右铭 | motto; maxim | |
| 铭记 | to engrave in one's memory | |
| 郭台铭 | Guo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn | |
| 铭牌 | nameplate; data plate (on a machine) | |
| 墓志铭 | epitaph | |
| 镌心铭骨 | etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment) | |
| 镌骨铭心 | etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment) | |
| 铭刻 | a carved inscription | |
| 铭谢 | to express gratitude (esp. in public); vote of thanks; also written 鳴謝|鸣谢 | |
| 铭心镂骨 | engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as lon… | |
| 碑铭 | inscription on stone tablet | |
| 辜鸿铭 | Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857–1928), Malaysian writer known for his English-language w… | |
| 贝聿铭 | Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect | |
| 铭瑄 | MaxSun, PRC company specializing in video and computer display |