Kanji Details:
- 命
- Frequency:465
- Kun: いのち
- On: メイ, ミョウ
- Meaning: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 命 めい, みょう command, decree, life, destiny 革命 かくめい revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou) 生命 せいめい life, existence 命令 めいれい order, command, decree, directive; (software) instruction, statement 懸命 けんめい eagerness, earnestness, risking one's life 一生懸命 いっしょうけんめい very hard, with utmost effort, with all one's might, for dear life 運命 うんめい fate 使命 しめい mission, errand, message 亡命 ぼうめい emigration, exile, flight from one's country, defection 生命保険 せいめいほけん life insurance