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命

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • fate
  • command
  • decree
  • destiny
  • life
  • appoint

On'yomi (音読み)

  • メイ
  • ミョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • いのち
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#337
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
口#30 · mouth

Components

Common Words

  • 命運めいうんNounfate, destiny
  • 命題めいだいNounproposition, thesis, notion, theory
  • 命中めいちゅうNoun(direct) hit, hitting the mark
  • 命日めいにちNounanniversary of a person's death, monthly return of the date of someone's death
  • 命名めいめいNounnaming, christening
  • 命令めいれいNounorder, command, decree, directive
  • 命じるめいじるIchidanto order, to command
  • 命ずるめいずるto order, to command

Practice in Kanjiru

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