Chinese symbol for “fatal”
致命
zhì mìng
fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fatal is 致命 (zhì mìng), defined as: fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fatal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 致命.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 一致 | yī zhì | consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison |
| 大致 | dà zhì | more or less; roughly; approximately |
| 致使 | zhì shǐ | to cause; to result in |
| 致力于 (致力於) | zhì lì yú | to devote oneself to; to work toward |
| 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)) |
| 命令 | mìng lìng | order; command |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fatal”.
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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