EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

    その石には彼の命日が刻まれていた。
    The stone was inscribed with the date of his death.
Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Kun
-び-か
On
ニチジツ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
1 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

あきいるくさこうたちにっにつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-1, 4-4-1SKIP code
4c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.0Four corner code
3878deroo
65e5Unicode hex code
1-38-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2097Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2410New Nelson (John Haig)
3027New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3759Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
77Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
5Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13733Morohashi
62A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
5Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
11sakade
56Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
13henshall3
33Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3crowley
16Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
963Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
12Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ri4Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level