命 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 命意味

fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

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命 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

いのち inochi

KUNYOMI　訓読み

メイ mei
ミョウ myou

Examples

その犬は少女の命を救った。

The dog saved the girl’s life.

子たる者すべからく親の命に従うべし。

Children should obey their parents.

動いてみろ。命はないぞ。

Stir, and you are a dead man.

彼女は私の命より大事である。

She means more than my life to me.

彼は交通事故で命を失った。

He lost his life in a traffic accident.

彼は命が危ない。

His life is in danger.

彼の命が心配だ。

I’m afraid for his life.

彼は私の命の恩人だ。

I owe him my life.

命は誰でも惜しい。

Life is dear to everybody.

命ある限り希望あり。

As long as there is life, there is hope.

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体 body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

方 direction, person, alternative

移 shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into

転 revolve, turn around, change

糸 thread