命(mìng)

HSK 38 strokes

life

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Character information

Pinyin
mìng
Meaning
life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 命 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿹令口

An order 令 given by mouth 口

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

令lìng口kǒu

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper right.

How to write 命 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 命

Common words using 命 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

mìng命lìng令
HSK 5

order

Open 命令 page →
rèn任mìng命
HSK 7-9

to appoint

Open 任命 page →
shǐ使mìng命
HSK 7-9

mission

Open 使命 page →
mìng命míng名
HSK 7-9

to give a name to

Open 命名 page →
diū丢mìng命

to die

Open 丢命 page →
wáng亡mìng命

to flee; to go into exile (from prison)

Open 亡命 page →
rén人mìng命

human life; CL:条

Open 人命 page →
yī一mìng命wū呜hū呼

to die (idiom)

Open 一命呜呼 page →

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 命’s common words

令任使名丢亡人一

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