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
- —救命ブイlifebuoy
- —救命浮環lifebuoy
- —救命浮標lifebuoy
- —雨傘革命Umbrella Revolution (protests in Hong Kong in 2014)
- —余命宣告telling a patient how long they have left to live; giving a diagnosis of terminal illness
- —改善命令orders for improvement (from an authority to a business operator in its jurisdiction)
- —賠償命令court order for compensation
- —独立革命revolutionary war for independence
- —生命発生biopoiesis
- —新致命者new martyr; neomartyr
- —東欧革命East European Revolution (of 1989); fall of Communism
- —住友生命Sumitomo Life
- —日本生命Nippon Life
- —白紙革命White Paper Revolution (2022 COVID-19 protests in China); A4 Revolution
- —生命活動vital functions; life processes; biological activity
- —至上命題absolute priority; supreme imperative; highest priority task; most pressing issue
- —救命ボートlifeboat
- —命じ終わるto finish giving orders
- —文化大革命(China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
- —清教徒革命Puritan Revolution