命
Kanji 命: meaning "life, fate", readings, stroke order
The kanji 命 means "life, fate". On'yomi: メイ、ミョウ; kun'yomi: いのち. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.
Readings
- Meaning
- life, fate
- On'yomi
- メイミョウ
- Kun'yomi
- いのち
- Strokes
- 8
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Official status
- Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Words with 命
- 一生懸命 いっしょうけんめい — very hard (as in "to work hard"), with utmost effort
- 生命 せいめい — life
- 命 いのち — life
- 命じる めいじる — to order, to command, to appoint
- 命令 めいれい — order, command, decree
- 懸命 けんめい — eagerness, strenuous
- 寿命 じゅみょう — life span
- 人命 じんめい — (human) life
- 命ずる めいずる — to command, to appoint
- 任命 にんめい — appointment, nomination, ordination
- 運命 うんめい — fate
- 革命 かくめい — revolution
Stroke order · 8 strokes
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