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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ming4
- English meanings
- life, lot, fate, destiny
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the upper right structure
Enclosed from the upper right arrangement: outside 令; inside 口.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
measure word (general)
bright; clear; understand
engrave; remember
to cry; to sound
Example sentences
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- 01
Life.
- 02
Fate.
- 03
Order.
- 04
Save a life.
- 05
Desperately.
- 06
Extreme.
Related words
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- 任命
- 使命
- 命令
- 命名
- 命运
- 命题
- 寿命
- 性命
- 拼命
- 救命
- 生命
- 生命线
- 相依为命
- 致命
- 要命
- 革命