命

mìng

life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc

Radical: 口 HSK 6 n, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

命 decomposes into the following components:

令 口

Words containing 命

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 命.

丢命
diū mìng
丧命
sàng mìng
亡命
wáng mìng
人命
rén mìng
从命
cóng mìng
任命
rèn mìng
使命
shǐ mìng
保命
bǎo mìng
候命
hòu mìng
借命
jiè mìng
偿命
cháng mìng
催命
cuī mìng

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical 口.

卟 口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叵 叶 号 司 叹 叻 叼

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