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命

JLPT N3 SL3 8 strokes Frequency: #465

Meanings

Fate, Command, Decree, Destiny, Life, Appoint

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿹令口

Etymology

Ideographic: An order 令 given by mouth 口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

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 (20 words)

特命担当大臣とくめいたんとうだいじん

Minister of State for Special Missions

内閣府特命担当大臣ないかくふとくめいたんとうだいじん

Minister of State for Special Missions

命令調めいれいちょう

commanding attitude

運命の皮肉うんめいのひにく

irony of fate

任命権者にんめいけんしゃ

appointer

命中精度めいちゅうせいど

accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)

一次救命処置いちじきゅうめいしょち

basic life support

依命いめい

by order (of a superior)

差押命令さしおさえめいれい

order of attachment

生命感せいめいかん

feeling of vitality

禁止命令きんしめいれい

interdict

作命さくめい

operation order

参命さんめい

imperial army order

奉勅命令ほうちょくめいれい

command sanctioned by the emperor

臨参命りんさんめい

imperial army order

命の恩人いのちのおんじん

lifesaver

臨命りんめい

imperial army order

大陸命たいりくめい

imperial army order

命が惜しければいのちがおしければ

if you value your life

一命を取り留めるいちめいをとりとめる

to escape death

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