名

• Designation: The basic label used to identify a person, object, or place.
• Reputation: Social standing, prestige, or fame.
• Rank: Formal title or position within a hierarchy or bureaucracy.
• Category: An abstract class or definition of a thing, as opposed to its specific physical instance.

• Noun: Used for name, rank, or reputation.
• Verb: To name, designate, or call (e.g., 名之為... "to call it [x]").

• vs. 实 (shí): Contrast between the name, title, or promise (名) and the actuality, substance, or performance (实).
• vs. 姓 (xìng): Given name or general designation (名) versus ancestral lineage/surname (姓).
• vs. 号 (hào): Assigned identity (名) versus a chosen pseudonym, art-name, or sobriquet (号).
• vs. 称 (chēng): The state of being named or designated (名) versus the active process of calling or addressing (称).

Avoid a default translation of "name." In social contexts, "reputation" or "fame" may be more appropriate; in governmental or hierarchical contexts, consider "rank," "title," or "office." In philosophical passages, determine whether the glyph refers to a linguistic label or an ontological category.