命
commonfate; command; decree; destiny; life; appoint
Radical: 口 (mouth). Strokes: 8画. Elements: 口个卩一. . 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:
Dictionary indices:
| 547d | – | Unicode |
| 44-31 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-2-6 | – | SKIP |
| 2a6.26 | – | TKD |
| 8062.7 | – | Four Corner |
| 2844 | – | De Roo |
| 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 |