Memory phrase for the character: 命

命

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Meaning

life, order, command, fate

Pronunciation

 MEI, MYŌ
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Explanation

 Lower left: mouth 口, rest: order, command 令 (To put a lid on the bent person卩, has been ordered!)

Mnemonic
 
The mouth gives order to live.

Radicals

口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
令 orderBased 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).
coverOther covers are: 冖, 亠 )
卩 bent personShows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

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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