Memory phrase for the Kanji: 命

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Lower left: mouth 口, rest: order, command 令 (To put a lid

on the bent person卩, has been ordered!)

The mouth gives order to live.

口	mouth	A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
令	order	Based on "bell 鈴 suzu, REI, RIN", this radical 令 can also be understood as an image of a bell: (The sound of) the bell with the bell mallet 卩 gives now 今 the command (e.g. to come).
	cover	Other covers are: 冖, 亠 )
卩	bending person	This radical is typically described as "seal". However for the mnemonics the meaning "bending person" appears to be better.

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命	いのち	command, decree, life, destiny
命	めい	command, life
命令	めいれい	order, command, decree, directive
任命	にんめい	appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation
一生懸命	いっしょうけんめい	very hard, with utmost effort
人命	じんめい	(human) life
使命	しめい	mission, errand, message
命じる	めいじる	to order, to command, to appoint
命ずる	めいずる	to command, to appoint

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