命 — fate, command, decree

いのち命 fate

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes health

U+547D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #465 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1502 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fate
command
decree
destiny
life
appoint

word

いのち inochi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

命(いのち) inochi life

めい mei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

生(せい) 命(めい) seimei life 運(うん) 命(めい) unmei fate 使(し) 命(めい) shimei mission 命(めい) じる meijiru to order 命(めい) 名(めい) meimei naming 命(めい) 題(だい) meidai proposition 宿(しゅく) 命(めい) shukumei fate 本(ほん) 命(めい) honmei favorite

みょう myou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

寿(じゅ) 命(みょう) jumyou lifespan

Appears in idioms

一生懸命四字熟語

one, life, state of suspension, fate

一所懸命四字熟語

one, place, state of suspension, fate

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ひと人 person #9

いち一 one #1

くち口 mouth #30

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth