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Chinese symbol for “deadly”

致命
zhì mìng
fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deadly is 致命 (zhì mìng), defined as: fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

致 zhì
to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence
radical 133 ⾄ · 9 strokes
命 mìng
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 致命.

WordPinyinMeaning
导致 (導致)dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
一致yī zhìconsistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
大致dà zhìmore or less; roughly; approximately
致使zhì shǐto cause; to result in
致力于 (致力於)zhì lì yúto devote oneself to; to work toward
革命gé mìngto withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution
生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (条 (tiáo))
命令mìng lìngorder; command

See also: Japanese symbol for “deadly”.

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.

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