名
míng · HSK 2
name
📛 名 = 夕 (evening) + 口 (mouth): say your name in the dark
At dusk you couldn't recognize faces, so you spoke your name aloud. 名 means name, and as a measure word it counts people (三名学生 = three students), tying back to naming individuals.
名 — evening 夕 + mouth 口
A compound ideograph: in the dark of evening (夕), one cannot recognize others by sight, so the mouth (口) calls out a name to identify oneself. The original sense of 'name' broadened to include reputation, fame, and a measure word for people.