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命 — 8 strokes / Radical「口」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 8 strokes / Radical「口」
On
メイ・ミョウめい・みょう · mei · myō
Kun
いのちinochi
Meaning
life, command

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

令 (ordering a kneeling person) + 口 (to speak) — to give a command, and from that, the life given to us.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onメイめいmei命令めいれい運命うんめい生命せいめい
Onミョウみょうmyō寿命じゅみょう
Kunいのちinochi命いのち命拾いいのちびろい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 生命せいめい

    life

  • 命令めいれい

    order, command

More words with this kanji

  • 亡命ぼうめい
  • 革命かくめい
  • 寿命じゅみょう
  • 命乞いいのちごい
  • 殞命いんめい
  • 誥命こうめい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

いきものの 命(いのち)は 大切(たいせつ)です。

The life of living things is precious.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

命令生命命令comman…生life号number向face君you和harmon…味taste名name妙exquis…茅thatch…苗seedli…孟eldest
CompoundRadicalReading

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