Ming
明铭
Most often 明 (míng), "bright, clear", or 铭 (míng), "to inscribe, engrave"; other same-sounding characters can spell it too.
Meaning and origin
Ming can be written with several unrelated characters that happen to share one sound.
How to pronounce Ming
| Mandarin | Míng /miŋ˧˥/ |
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