命 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings

What does 命 mean?

Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.

What's the image of 命?

How to read 命?

Kunyomi... いのち/inochi,おおせ/ose, みこと/mikoto

Onyomi... メイ/mei,ミョウ/myo

jinmeikun... akira, kata, toshi, na, naga, nobu, nori, makoto, mi, michi, mori, ya, yoshi, yori,

* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.

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命 / related names

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Name:
mikoto
Katakana:
ミコト

Kanji:
美命
Meaning:
  • Beautiful. Excellent. Splendid. Delicious.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
meiko
Katakana:
メイコ

Kanji:
命子
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
  • Children
Name:
miho
Katakana:
ミホ

Kanji:
命歩
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
  • Walk. I move forward. Months and days flow by. Things are progressing. Progress. degree. Stage.
Name:
mikoto
Katakana:
ミコト

Kanji:
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
mikoto
Katakana:
ミコト

Kanji:
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
mitoshi
Katakana:
ミトシ

Kanji:
弥命
Meaning:
  • It's been a long time. Distant. Extensive, pervasive. Passing time. Big. To mend. To sew. To put away. To stop. To finish. Finally. More and more. Further.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
yume
Katakana:
ユメ

Kanji:
由命
Meaning:
  • Source. Origin. to be based on. Reason.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
yasunobu
Katakana:
ヤスノブ

Kanji:
康命
Meaning:
  • Peaceful. Gentle. Sturdy. Health. A peaceful state of mind with no worries. Peace of mind. To be at ease. Enjoyment. Fun.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
mitoshi
Katakana:
ミトシ

Kanji:
実命
Meaning:
  • Fruit of plants and trees. Seeds of plants and trees. The production of fruits and seeds. Fruitfulness. To be full. To flourish. To have enough. Abundant. Wealth. Truthfulness. True. Truthfulness.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
meimu
Katakana:
メイム

Kanji:
命夢
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
  • Dream. Something you see as if it were real when you are asleep. Something you hope to achieve in the future. A pleasant thought that takes you away from reality. Something fleeting. Uncertainty.
Name:
kanna
Katakana:
カンナ

Kanji:
栞命
Meaning:
  • A bookmark. A sign to be inserted in a book that is about to be read. A guide book. A handbook. A signpost made by breaking off a tree branch on a mountain path.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
minori
Katakana:
ミノリ

Kanji:
美命
Meaning:
  • Beautiful. Excellent. Splendid. Delicious.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
shuya
Katakana:
シュウヤ

Kanji:
柊命
Meaning:
  • Holly (a kind of tree). Small evergreen tree of the Moraceae family.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
fumiyoshi
Katakana:
フミヨシ

Kanji:
文命
Meaning:
  • Characters. Words. Letters. Writings. Words that are spelled out. A coloration. A pattern. The beauty of appearance. Rules. Courtesy. Study. Art.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
noritoshi
Katakana:
ノリトシ

Kanji:
乗命
Meaning:
  • Ride. Rides. To multiply numbers. A book that contains records. The teachings of Buddha. Buddhist doctrine.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
shimei
Katakana:
シメイ

Kanji:
使命
Meaning:
  • 使To use. To make work. A person who uses.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
Name:
mikoto
Katakana:
ミコト

Kanji:
命音
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
  • Sound. Tone. Voice. News.
Name:
mikoto
Katakana:
ミコト

Kanji:
命琴
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
  • Koto. General term for all stringed instruments. A musical instrument that has been familiar to Japanese people since ancient times.
Name:
meita
Katakana:
メイタ

Kanji:
命太
Meaning:
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.
  • Abundantly large. Large in circumference. Thick. Flabby. Very. A word used to refer to a person of high rank or status.
Name:
seina
Katakana:
セイナ

Kanji:
聖命
Meaning:
  • Saint. A person of superior knowledge and virtue. A person who is respected. A person who is a leader in his or her field. A person who has mastered the truth. The son of heaven. A word used to refer to a person who is the son of heaven. Unblemished.
  • Life. Command. Instructions from superiors. Advice. To tell. Heaven's will. A chance meeting. Word. Aim. landmarks. Goal. An honorific title attached to the name of a deity or nobleman.

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