Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “宿命”

宿命

しゅくめい

fate; destiny; predestination

Example sentence

Previously, floods were fate for the region.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

宿
On
しゅく
Kun
やど;やど.る;やど.す
Stroke count
11

・inn

・lodging

・relay station

・dwell

・lodge

・be pregnant

・home

・dwelling

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命
On
めい;みょう
Kun
いのち
Stroke count
8

・fate

・command

・decree

・destiny

・life

・appoint

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Related words to 宿命

4 related words

宿命的

しゅくめいてき

→

fateful;predestined

宿命論

しゅくめいろん

→

fatalism

宿命論者

しゅくめいろんじゃ

→

fatalist

宿命通

しゅくみょうつう

→

knowledge of previous lifetimes (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)