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命

命: life

life; fate; command
8 strokesElementary · Grade 3 (8級)in 82 words here

Readings

On
メイ・ミョウ
Kun
いのち

命(いのち) "life". めい in 運命(うんめい), 生命(せいめい), 命令(めいれい); みょう in 寿命(じゅみょう).

Stroke order · 8 strokes

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Key words

命いのちlife
運命うんめいfate
命令めいれいorder; command
生命せいめいlife
寿命じゅみょうlifespan

Example sentences

The firefighter saved the child's life from the fire.

I think meeting at the station that day was fate.

Dogs live about fifteen years.

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