Kanji List

命

• kun: いのち
• on: メイ, ミョウ
• meaning: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  命	めい, みょう	command, decree, life, destiny
  革命	かくめい	revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou)
  生命	せいめい	life, existence
  命令	めいれい	order, command, decree, directive; (software) instruction, statement
  懸命	けんめい	eagerness, earnestness, risking one's life
  一生懸命	いっしょうけんめい	very hard, with utmost effort, with all one's might, for dear life
  運命	うんめい	fate
  使命	しめい	mission, errand, message
  亡命	ぼうめい	emigration, exile, flight from one's country, defection
  生命保険	せいめいほけん	life insurance