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
fig. avaricious
to be on standby; emergency standby
to be on standby; emergency standby
prohibition
to tell sb's fortune
brave man, willing to risk his life
to throw oneself at sb or sth
to throw oneself at sb or sth
to lay down one's life
to risk one's life
to fight with all one has
saving a life is the greatest good
saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
one's last hope; (one's) last straw to clutch at
to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
numerology
numerology
to get killed; to meet violent death
(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
to disobey; to refuse to accept orders; against orders
astrologer (esp. Daoist)
bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
bad times, adverse fate (idiom)