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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 詞
名為 word · TOCFL 6 (est.)
名為 ＝ 名 ＋ 為
ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˊ · míngwéi
verb — to be named, to go by the name of

字源 FORM — what the parts do

名name (名字)míngat dusk 夕, too dark to see a face, you call out 口 who you are
為to be; to act as (作為)wéi
名為，名字的名，作為的為。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

喊出（名）這東西當作（為）什麼來叫。
Calling out (名) the name a thing goes (為) by.
字源
關 · Related
名字míngzìthe everyday 名稱為chēngwéito be called — the near-synonym