JLPT N38画 · 8 strokesradical 口
life, command, destiny
On'yomi (音読み)
- メイ
- ミョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- いのち
- かみ
Meanings across languages
- English
- life, command, destiny
- Tiếng Việt
- sinh mệnh, mệnh lệnh, định mệnh
- 日本語
- いのち, めい, みょう
Common compounds
- 命令めいれいorder, command
- 運命うんめいfate, destiny
- 命名めいめいnaming, designation
- 生命せいめいlife, living thing
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