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音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ほまれ

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: げん(言)

Meaning

Honor / Glory / Praise

  • 名誉めいよ — honor; prestige; good name
  • 栄誉えいよ — honor; distinction; glory
  • ほまれ — honor; pride; source of credit
  • 名誉教授めいよきょうじゅ — honorary professor; professor emeritus
  • 名誉市民めいよしみん — honorary citizen

With the speech radical げん at the bottom and a complex upper part related to , suggests “words that give credit.” It’s used when someone is praised or granted special honor and status.

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