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common

メイ/MEI/    ミョウ/MYŌ/    いのち/inochi/MEI/メイ/    MYOU/ミョウ/    inochi/いのち/

fate;  command;  decree;  destiny;  life;  appoint

Radical: 口 (mouth).   Strokes: 8画.   Elements: 口个卩一.   Pinyin: mìng.   Hangul: 명 [myeong].

Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
メイMEI致命【ちめいchimei】fatal
十月革命【じゅうがつかくめいjūgatsukakumei】October Revolution
至上命令【しじょうめいれいshijōmeirei】categorical imperative; overriding necessity
ミョウMYŌ寿命【じゅみょうjumyō】life span
平均寿命【へいきんじゅみょうheikinjumyō】life expectancy
可惜身命【あたらしんみょうatarashinmyō】valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear
いのちinochi命拾い【いのちびろいinochibiroi】narrow escape from death
命がけ【いのちがけinochigake】risking one's life; life and death
命辛々【いのちからがらinochikaragara】for dear life; barely escaping alive
Codepoints and classification codes:
547d–Unicode
44-31–JIS X 0208
2-2-6–SKIP
2a6.26–TKD
8062.7–Four Corner
2844–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
430–Classic Nelson
767–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2058–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1303–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1400–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
388–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
671–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
387–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
3473–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 962
394–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
578–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
519–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
411–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
416–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
316–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
249–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
997–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
325–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1412–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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