chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
鳴 centers on producing a vocal or resonant sound: animals chirping, crying, or barking, and objects ringing, echoing, or honking.
鳴 combines 口 (mouth) and 鳥 (bird), suggesting a bird's call or the sound made by an animal. The modern form preserves this straightforward semantic composition.
A bird 鳥 opens its mouth 口 to chirp, cry, or sing. The sound it makes is 鳴.
For メイ, imagine a bird chirping in May: May -> メイ, and its song rings through the air.
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers); to crack (joints)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
shriek; scream
to shout (in anger); to yell
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar; bark; yelp; meow
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom
resonance
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
clapper; noisemaker; bird rattle
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to reverberate; to resound; to echo
to throb; to beat fast
rumble in the ground
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
ringing; throbbing violently
musical instrument; music
thunder
to shout at