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
- —消費革命consumer revolution; consumption revolution
- —産業革命Industrial Revolution
- —市民革命people's revolution; popular revolution
- —祥月命日anniversary of a person's death
- —暴力革命violent revolution
- —略式命令summary order
- —流通革命distribution revolution
- —命によりunder the orders of; by order (command)
- —出頭命令summons; subpoena
- —生命工学biotechnology
- —命題関数propositional (sentential) function
- —価格革命price revolution
- —科学革命scientific revolution
- —延命治療life-prolonging treatment
- —隔離命令isolation order
- —社長命令order from the company president
- —政治生命political life
- —配備命令deployment order
- —無血革命bloodless revolution
- —易姓革命revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)