Ideographic: An order 令 given by mouth 口Radical:

meaning for mìng:

  • - life
  • - fate
  • - order or command
  • - to assign a name, title etcrevolution
  • - revolutionary (politics)
  • - Classifiers: 次 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  • - living being
  • - creature
  • - Classifiers: 个 ,条 fate
  • - destiny
  • - Classifiers: 个 order
  • - command
  • - Classifiers: 道 mission
  • - long-term task to which one devotes oneself
  • - a calling

gūgu姑姑
kězhī可知
shéi
jiù
le
de
mìng

My aunt? Do you know who saved my life?


miǎoshì藐视
xùn
yán
de
zìqǔmièwáng自取灭亡
jìngwèi敬畏
jiè
mìng
de
bìděi必得
shàn
bào

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.


rén
gùxī顾惜
shēngchù牲畜
de
mìng
èrén恶人
de
liánmǐn怜悯
shì
cánrěn残忍

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.