KanjiPad命 is the Japanese kanji for life, fate, command, decree, destiny, appoint. It is written with 8 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is いのち and its on reading is メイ、ミョウ.
Stroke order
Words with 命
- 命じるto order, to command
- 命からがらfor dear life, barely escaping alive
- 命がけputting one's life on the line, staking one's life (on), risking one's life
- 革命revolution
- 生命life, existence
- 命令order, command, decree
Practice 命 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.