宿命

Chinese

		(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	life; fate
simp. and trad. (宿命)		宿	命
Literally: “predestined life”.

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit जातिस्मर (jātismara, “recollecting a former existence; memory of previous births”). The Tibetan equivalent is ཚེ་རབས་དྲན་པ (tshe rabs dran pa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ ming⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sok-miā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sùmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhminq
  - IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ ming⁶
  - Yale: sūk mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ ming⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ mɪŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-miā
  - Tâi-lô: sok-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokmia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ miã³³/

Middle Chinese: /sɨuk̚ mˠiæŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	宿	命
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息逐切	眉病切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuk̚/	/mˠiæŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siuk̚/	/mᵚiaŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/siuk̚/	/miaŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwk̚/	/miajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/siuk̚/	/miɐŋ^H/
Wang Li	/sĭuk̚/	/mĭɐŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uk̚/	/mi̯ɐŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	su	mìng

Noun

宿命

(Buddhism) destiny; fate; fatality; karma

Synonyms

(Buddhism) 命運／命运 (mìngyùn)
(literary) 氣數／气数 (qìshù)
運道／运道 (yùndào)
(literary or Hakka, Min Nan) 運命／运命 (yùnmìng)
運氣／运气 (yùnqi)

Derived terms

宿命論／宿命论 (sùmìnglùn)

宿命通

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宿命):

Japanese: 宿命 (しゅくめい) (shukumei)
Korean: 숙명 (宿命, sungmyeong)
Vietnamese: túc mệnh (宿命)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宿	命
しゅく Grade: 3	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

宿命 (hiragana しゅくめい, rōmaji shukumei)

destiny

Compounds

宿命的
宿命論

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