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命
命
mìng
n. fate, destiny; life; life expectancy
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Other meanings
[mìng]v./n. to assign (a name, a title, etc.); to order, to command; instruction, order
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
口 mouth (for 命)人 person, man (for 命)
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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命运
命運
mìng yùn
n. fate, destiny
生命
生命
shēng mìng
n. life
寿命
壽命
shòu mìng
n. life, lifespan
救命
救命
jiù mìng
v. save somebody's life; (used alone with "!" when calling for help) help
丧命
喪命
sàng mìng
v. meet one's death, get killed, lose one's life
算命
算命
suàn mìng
v. tell fortune, Fortune-telling
长命百岁
長命百歲
cháng mìng bǎi suì
idiom. live to a ripe old age; May you live a hundred years!