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JLPT N3 SL3 8 strokes Frequency: #465

Meanings

Fate, Command, Decree, Destiny, Life, Appoint

Radicals

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