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
command line (computing) (Tw)
imperative sentence
command line (computing)
(medicine) in a critical condition
naming task
naming task
name day; day linked to a given name
nomenclature
system of nomenclature
system of nomenclature
to be at death's door (idiom)
to be predestined
fig. to die; to meet one's end
fig. to die; to meet one's end
divinatory art; fate; predestination
divinatory art; divination
divinatory art; divination
natal chart (astrology)
natal chart (astrology)
lifeline
to be unlucky
to die; to visit the Yellow Springs
to die; to visit the Yellow Springs
one's fate; the course of one's life
to have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life