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Chinese symbol for “doom”

死命
sǐ mìng
doom; death; desperately

The closest CC-CEDICT match for doom is 死命 (sǐ mìng), defined as: doom; death; desperately.

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

死 sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
radical 78 ⽍ · 6 strokes
命 mìng
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “doom”

WordPinyinMeaning
祸事 (禍事)huò shìdisaster; doom

Related words

Other words that share a character with 死命.

WordPinyinMeaning
死亡sǐ wángto die; death
杀死 (殺死)shā sǐto kill
死刑sǐ xíngdeath penalty; capital punishment
死者sǐ zhěthe dead; the deceased
死去sǐ qùto die
打死dǎ sǐto kill; to beat to death
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))

See also: Japanese symbol for “doom”.

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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