Kanji1 / 8
命 kanji
fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
メイミョウ
Kun readings
いのち
Words with 命
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4一生懸命Popularvery hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately
- N3生命Popularlife; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood; soul; essence
- N3命令Popularorder; command; decree; directive; (software) instruction; statement
- N3命じるPopularto order; to command; to appoint
- N2人命Popular(human) life
- N2命ずるPopularto order; to command; to appoint
- N1運命Popularfate; destiny; lot
- N1革命Popularrevolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
- N1使命Popularmission; errand; task; duty; obligation
- N1宿命Popularfate; destiny; predestination
- N1任命Popularappointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
- N1命中Popular(direct) hit; hitting the mark
- —延命Popularkeeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
- —救命Popularlifesaving
- —懸命Populareager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
- —短命Popularshort life; short lived
- —亡命Popularfleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
- —本命Popularfavorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
- —命運Popularfate; destiny
- —命題Popularproposition; thesis; notion; theory; problem; issue; challenge