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命

fate
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingメイ、ミョウ
Kun readingいのち
JōyōGrade 3

Popular Usage

一生懸命生命寿命人命運命革命

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fit · meeting · umbrella · one (一) · mouth (口) · stamp

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1502

Compound words

一生懸命いっしょうけんめい
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life
生命せいめい
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force
寿命じゅみょう
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life
人命じんめい
(human) life
運命うんめい
fate; destiny; lot
革命かくめい
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
延命えんめい
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
救命きゅうめい
lifesaving
懸命けんめい
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous
使命しめい
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
宿命しゅくめい
fate; destiny; predestination
短命たんめい
short life; short lived
任命にんめい
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
亡命ぼうめい
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile
本命ほんめい
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
命運めいうん
fate; destiny
命題めいだい
proposition; thesis; notion; theory; problem
命中めいちゅう
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
命日めいにち
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
命名めいめい
naming; christening
命令めいれい
order; command; decree; directive; (software) instruction
余命よめい
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
致命傷ちめいしょう
fatal wound
致命的ちめいてき
fatal; lethal

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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