Read Edit View history 命 mìng HSK3 life Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound and meaning. Based on the original meaning "command". The meaning later shifted to "fate" and "life". Pinyin Separate values with commas mìng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 命 Simp strokes 命 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 令 also serves as a meaning component. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 命 Simp strokes 命 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 命 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 468, 836 ], [ 482, 823 ], [ 498, 792 ], [ 445, 698 ], [ 366, 597 ], [ 282, 512 ], [ 227, 467 ], [ 160, 421 ], [ 79, 377 ] ], [ [ 528, 748 ], [ 527, 739 ], [ 645, 621 ], [ 718, 556 ], [ 785, 509 ], [ 960, 488 ] ], [ [ 376, 536 ], [ 399, 530 ], [ 435, 531 ], [ 541, 559 ], [ 601, 562 ] ], [ [ 207, 404 ], [ 232, 381 ], [ 237, 369 ], [ 261, 203 ] ], [ [ 264, 397 ], [ 273, 391 ], [ 374, 415 ], [ 393, 410 ], [ 412, 390 ], [ 410, 379 ], [ 388, 299 ], [ 370, 286 ] ], [ [ 278, 228 ], [ 291, 243 ], [ 351, 258 ], [ 416, 256 ] ], [ [ 544, 423 ], [ 557, 412 ], [ 700, 443 ], [ 721, 427 ], [ 715, 321 ], [ 704, 269 ], [ 687, 231 ], [ 662, 208 ], [ 584, 248 ] ], [ [ 481, 430 ], [ 501, 415 ], [ 515, 386 ], [ 511, -50 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 525 758 Q 534 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