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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)

余命よめい

remainder of one's life

余命いくばくもないよめいいくばくもない

having a short time to live

命からがらいのちからがら

for dear life

復命ふくめい

reporting

長命ちょうめい

long life

拝命はいめい

receiving an official appointment

薄命はくめい

misfortune

露命ろめい

transient life

命旦夕に迫るめいたんせきにせまる

to be on the brink of death

落命らくめい

losing one's life

待命たいめい

waiting for orders

革命家かくめいか

revolutionary

革命歌かくめいか

revolutionary song

君命くんめい

the orders of one's ruler

運命論者うんめいろんじゃ

fatalist

亡命生活ぼうめいせいかつ

life in exile

亡命政権ぼうめいせいけん

government in exile

亡命文学ぼうめいぶんがく

exile literature

別命べつめい

another order

恩命おんめい

gracious command or words

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