名
な · na · JLPT N3 · noun
name
📛 名 = 夕 evening + 口 mouth: after dark you call out your name
In the dark of evening (夕) nobody can see you, so you use your mouth (口) to say who you are. A name is what people call you, and so is a reputation. Hook for the sound: な (na) is how name begins.
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.