漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
命: fate, command
Also: decree, destiny, life, appoint
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
人 and 口 carry the meaning · 一 and 卩 are drawn in
8 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
メイmei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 使命しめいmission
- 運命うんめいfate
- 生命せいめいlife
- 革命かくめいrevolution
- 任命するにんめいするappoint
- 命令するめいれいするorder, command [v.t.]
- 命中するめいちゅうするhit a target
- 命じるめいじるorder, command [v.t.]
ミョウmyou · on'yomi
- 寿命じゅみょうlife expectancy
いのちinochi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 命いのちlife
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)口 mouth (meaning) + 令 (sound)
Doublet of 呤.
Source: Wiktionary, 命 (rev. 92695530), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read メイ
8 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ミョウ
7 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mìng
Same form: 命 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 命 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 命 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin mìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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