Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

Also written 命ごい【いのちごい】、命乞【いのちごい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beg, invite, ask

Kun
こ.う
On
コツ、キツ、キ、キケ、コチ
Strokes
3
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2478 of 2500
Radical
second

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
2-2-1, 2-2-2SKIP code
0a3.4The Kanji Dictionary
8071.7Four corner code
2356deroo
4e5eUnicode hex code
1-24-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
262Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
59New Nelson (John Haig)
1961New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2457Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
462Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
501Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
170Morohashi
1020Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
472Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi3Pinyin reading
geol, giKorean reading