Chinese symbol for “calling”
使命
shǐ mìng
mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for calling is 使命 (shǐ mìng), defined as: mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 使命.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 使得 | shǐ de | usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable |
| 大使 | dà shǐ | ambassador; envoy |
| 天使 | tiān shǐ | angel |
| 行使 | xíng shǐ | to exercise (a right etc) |
| 革命 | gé mìng | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution |
| 生命 | shēng mìng | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (条 (tiáo)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “calling”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.