Chinese symbol for “predestination”
宿命
sù mìng
predestination; karma
The closest CC-CEDICT match for predestination is 宿命 (sù mìng), defined as: predestination; karma.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “predestination”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宿命.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿舍 | sù shè | dormitory; dorm room |
| 住宿 | zhù sù | to stay at; lodging |
| 寄宿 | jì sù | to stay; to lodge; to board |
| 归宿 (歸宿) | guī sù | place to return to; home |
| 民宿 | mín sù | (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay |
| 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 “predestination”.
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.