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
- —余命幾許も無いhaving a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
- —差し押さえ命令order of attachment; attachment order; seizure order
- —運命のいたずらquirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
- —余命幾ばくもないhaving a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
- —余命幾ばくも無いhaving a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
- —一命をとりとめるto escape death; to be saved from death
- —一命を取りとめるto escape death; to be saved from death
- —余命いくばくも無いhaving a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered