mìng

life; fate; order or command

HSK 4 #258

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 258th character
Radical ⼝ (30.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 1168

Definitions

命 mìng
  1. 1. life
  2. 2. fate
  3. 3. order or command
  4. 4. to assign a name, title etc

Stroke order

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Words containing 命

Word Meaning
cannot obey; sorry, cannot comply
I cannot obey; unable to comply
person's lot through life
person's lot through life
fortune-teller
fortune-teller
fortune-teller
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
to demand sb's life
to have one's life cut short; to commit suicide
to have one's life cut short; to commit suicide
suicide note
vitamin (loanword)
to obey an order; to take orders
to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
abbr. to sù fǎn
abbr. to sù fǎn
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis