命
1. Meaning and Reading
- life, fate, order
- Onyomi : めい, みょう
- Kunyomi : いのち
2. Kanji Explanation
- 令 : order
- 口 : mouth
Giving an order (令) by mouth (口), symbolizing ‘command’. Later, it also came to mean ‘life’.
3. Example Words
命
いのち
life
命は大切だ。
Life is precious.
命令
めいれい
order, command
上司の命令に従う。
I follow my superior’s order.