運命 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Destiny / Fate

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yùn mìng

un mei

운명

These two characters contain the ideas of fate, destiny, fortune, and luck in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

運命 is often defined as “a person's fate” or “personal fate” in various dictionaries.

These two characters can be reversed (written in either order) and yield roughly the same meaning.

This particular character order is more common in old Korean and less common in modern Chinese.

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 運命 search...

Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
運命运命 see styles	yùn mìng yun4 ming4 yün ming unmei(p); sadame(gikun) / unme(p); sadame(gikun) うんめい(P); さだめ(gikun)	More info & calligraphy: Destiny / Fate fate; one's fortune (noun - becomes adjective with の) fate; destiny; lot; (personal name) Yukinobu fate
運命的 see styles	unmeiteki / unmeteki うんめいてき	運命的 Custom Scroll (adjectival noun) destined; predestined; fated; fateful
運命論 see styles	unmeiron / unmeron うんめいろん	運命論 Custom Scroll fatalism
運命の力 see styles	unmeinochikara / unmenochikara うんめいのちから	運命の力 Custom Scroll (expression) (1) agency of fate; power of fate; (expression) (2) La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny
運命論者 see styles	unmeironja; unmeironsha / unmeronja; unmeronsha うんめいろんじゃ; うんめいろんしゃ	運命論者 Custom Scroll fatalist
運命づける see styles	unmeizukeru / unmezukeru うんめいづける	運命づける Custom Scroll (Ichidan verb) to preordain
運命の皮肉 see styles	unmeinohiniku / unmenohiniku うんめいのひにく	運命の皮肉 Custom Scroll (exp,n) irony of fate; twist of fate
運命付ける see styles	unmeizukeru / unmezukeru うんめいづける	運命付ける Custom Scroll (Ichidan verb) to preordain
運命共同体 see styles	unmeikyoudoutai / unmekyodotai うんめいきょうどうたい	運命共同体 Custom Scroll (exp,n) (in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
運命の赤い糸 see styles	unmeinoakaiito / unmenoakaito うんめいのあかいいと	運命の赤い糸 Custom Scroll (exp,n) (See 赤い糸) red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
Variations: 運命づける運命付ける see styles	unmeizukeru / unmezukeru うんめいづける	(Ichidan verb) to preordain
Variations: 運命の悪戯運命のいたずら see styles	unmeinoitazura / unmenoitazura うんめいのいたずら	(exp,n) quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Destiny Fate	運命运命	un mei / unmei	yùn mìng / yun4 ming4 / yun ming / yunming	yün ming / yünming
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.