| 519 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 416 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 394 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 388 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 430 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 387 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 411 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 671 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 578 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 587 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 997 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 325 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2553 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1772 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1412 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3473 | Morohashi |
| 2058 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 767 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1400 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 249 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 316 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
465 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 命 【メイ】 order, command, decree, life, destiny, fate
- 命運 【メイウン】 fate, destiny
- 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
- 十月革命 【ジュウガツカクメイ】 October Revolution
- 命婦 【ミョウブ】 title for high-ranking court ladies
- 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
- 安心立命 【アンシンリツメイ】 spiritual peace and enlightenment, keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
Kun reading compounds
- 命 【いのち】 life, life force, lifetime, lifespan, most important thing, foundation, core, paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love), fate, destiny, karma
- 命からがら 【いのちからがら】 for dear life, barely escaping alive
- 貴い命 【たっといいのち】 precious life
- 露の命 【つゆのいのち】 life as evanescent as the dew
Readings
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- orden
- mandato
- vida
Portuguese
- destino
- comando
- decreto
- vida
French
- destinée
- destin
- ordre
- décret
- vie
- nommer (à un poste)
| 2844 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a6.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 8062.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 547d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1477 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 脈 【ミャク】 pulse, vein, chain (of mountains, etc.), hope, thread (of an argument)
- 脈拍 【ミャクハク】 pulse, pulse rate, pulsation, stroke of pulse
- 大動脈 【ダイドウミャク】 aorta, important traffic route
- 動脈 【ドウミャク】 artery, arterial road, major route
Readings
- Korean:
- maeg
Spanish
- vena
- pulso
- esperanza
Portuguese
- veia
- pulso
- esperança
French
- veine
- pouls
- chaîne (montagne)
- espoir
| 517 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 618 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 589 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1454 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3764 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 813 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1676 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 913 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 935 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1353 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1033 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1189 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 648 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1873 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29470 | Morohashi |
| 953 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4805 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1856 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2000 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 557 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3965 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 7223.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8108 | Unicode hex code |