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命
Meanings
Fate, Command, Decree, Destiny, Life, Appoint
Radicals
口
Decomposition
⿹令口
Etymology
Ideographic: An order 令 given by mouth 口
Writing Practice
Stroke
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Stroke Order
1
diagonal
top-to-bottom
2
diagonal
right-to-left
3
horizontal
bottom-right-to-top-left
4
vertical
bottom-to-top
5
corner
bottom-right-to-top-left
6
horizontal
bottom-to-top
7
hook
bottom-right-to-top-left
8
vertical
bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi
(Chinese reading)
ミョウ
myou
メイ
mei
Kun'yomi
(Japanese reading)
いのち
inochi
Words Using This Kanji
442 words total
Other
(442 words)
命
いのち
life
命じる
めいじる
to order
命がけ
いのちがけ
putting one's life on the line
命ずる
めいずる
to order
命により
めいにより
under the orders of
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