Entry
  1. Noun

    misfortune; short life; evil fate

    美人薄命とはいうけれど。ということは、内のかみさんは長生きだな。
    Beautiful women die young - or so the saying goes. If so then my wife is going to live a long life.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

Kun
うす.いうす--うすうす.めるうす.まるうす.らぐうす.ら-うす.れるすすき
On
ハク
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1009 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 40

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.11The Kanji Dictionary
4414.6Four corner code
1948deroo
8584Unicode hex code
1-39-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4075Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5225New Nelson (John Haig)
2370New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3004Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2093Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
227Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
242Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
975A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2569Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1091Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32083PMorohashi
1699A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1449Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
874Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1850Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
799Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
671Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
232Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bo2, bao2, bo4Pinyin reading
bagKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

Kun
いのち
On
メイミョウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
465 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-6, 2-3-5SKIP code
2a6.26The Kanji Dictionary
8062.7Four corner code
2844deroo
547dUnicode hex code
1-44-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
430Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
767New Nelson (John Haig)
2058New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2553Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1303Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1400Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1502Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
388A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
671Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
387Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3473Morohashi
394A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
578Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
587Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519sakade
411Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
416henshall3
316Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
249crowley
997Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
325Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1412Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ming4Pinyin reading
myeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level