Kanji: 命

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	口 Radical name: くち
Meaning:	Fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 450 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)	with utmost effort
N3	命(いのち)	command, decree, life, destiny
N3	生命(せいめい)	life, existence
N3	命(めい)じる	to order, to command, to appoint
N3	命令(めいれい)	order, command, decree, directive, (software) instruction
N2	寿命(じゅみょう)	life span
N2	人命(じんめい)	(human) life
N2	命(めい)ずる	to command, to appoint
N1	運命(うんめい)	fate
N1	革命(かくめい)	revolution
N1	使命(しめい)	mission, errand, message
N1	宿命(しゅくめい)	fate, destiny, predestination
N1	任命(にんめい)	appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation
N1	命中(めいちゅう)	a hit