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
to name sth after a person; named after; eponymous
certificate of appointment (to government office)
certificate of appointment (to government office)
to save one's life; to survive
to await orders; to be on call
to live out a pointless existence
to pay with one's life
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
ketamine (loanword)
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing
to risk one's life
to risk one's life
October Revolution
(scared, beaten etc) half to death; barely alive
(scared, beaten etc) half to death; barely alive
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
to become Emperor by the grace of Heaven
to be christened
at death's door
destined; fated; decreed by fate (idiom)
destined; fated; decreed by fate (idiom)