Measure word
- 名 míng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
-
Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 19 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
-
世界上的教育都让我失望。
Education in this world disappoints me.
-
中国重要的宗教是道教、佛教、伊斯兰教和基督教。
The major religions in China are Taoism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.
-
他不信教。
He is not religious.
-
他不是医生,他是教师。
He is not a doctor but a teacher.
-
他为精神的洁净和获得道的方法教深思,道是表示人类最高的精神理想的一个原则。
He taught contemplation as a means of spiritual purification and the attainment of the Dao, a principle that signifies the highest spiritual ideals of mankind.
-
他享有私人教学的特权。
He had the privilege of a private education.