生命 — stroke order
Learn how to write 生命 (shēngmìng), which means “life”. It is written with 2 characters and 13 strokes in total. Each character below is animated in the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap any character to replay it, or use “Play all strokes” to watch the whole word written in order.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | 注音 | Meaning | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 生 | shēng | ㄕㄥ | life, lifetime | 5 |
| 命 | mìng | ㄇㄧㄥˋ | life | 8 |