メイ, ミョウ, いのち
fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

This kanji has 8 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 6 other strokes.

Sample compounds (36) :


  1. みょう
    command, decree, life, destiny

  2. いのち
    (mortal) life
  3. じる
    めいじる
    to order, to command, to appoint
  4. ずる
    めいずる
    to command, to appoint

  5. いちめい
    a life, a command

  6. かめい
    order, command

  7. てんめい
    God's will, karma, destiny, Heaven's decree, one's life

  8. ないめい
    private or secret orders

  9. ほんめい
    favorite, sure thing, likely winner, certainty
  10. 寿
    じゅみょう
    life span

  11. げんめい
    strict order, peremptory command

  12. いのちごい
    pleading for one's life

  13. じんめい
    (human) life

  14. めいれい
    (vs) order, command, decree, directive, (software) instruction

  15. にんめい
    appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation

  16. よめい
    remainder of one's life, one's remaining years
  17. 使
    しめい
    mission, errand, message

  18. じょめい
    sparing a life, clemency, reconsidering a dismissal

  19. かんめい
    official orders
  20. 宿
    しゅくめい
    fate, destiny, predestination

  21. おんめい
    gracious command or words

  22. いのちがけ
    (a-no) life & death, risking one's life, risky, desperate

  23. めいすう
    span of life, destiny

  24. めいにち
    death anniversary

  25. とくめい
    mission

  26. ようめい
    command, order, request

  27. ちめい
    age 50
  28. らず
    いのちしらず
    (a-no) recklessness, daredevil, long-lasting

  29. たんめい
    short life

  30. ぜつめい
    (vs) end of life, death

  31. いのちづな
    lifeline

  32. いのちとり
    (a-no) fatal

  33. ちめい
    fatal

  34. めいうん
    fate, doom

  35. いめい
    will, dying instructions

  36. ちょうめい
    long life
Kanji Character : 命
Kuten Encoding : 4431
SJIS Encoding : 4c3f
Unicode Encoding : 547d
Old Nelson Index : 430
Radical Number : 9
Classical Radical Number : 30
Frequency Ranking : 393
Gakken Index : 388
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 2058
Heisig Index : 1400
Henshall Index : 394
New Nelson Index : 767
O'Neil Index : 671
Stroke Count : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a6.26
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 26
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 578
SKIP Code : 2-2-6
De Roo Code : 2844
Four Corner Code : 8062.7
Korean reading : myeong
Pinyin reading : ming4
Morohashi Index String : 3473
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0962
Morohashi Index Number : 3473
Morohashi Page : 962
Morohashi Volume : 2
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP2-3-5
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2844
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