認
Symbols Emotions
resignation
命
ㄖㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ rèn mìng
Two versions of the same picture, and both are free with no account and no watermark. The first has no background at all, which is the one to send your artist — but a phone or computer photo viewer set to dark will show black strokes on dark grey and it can look like nothing downloaded. If that happens, use the second one: identical characters on a plain white background. Either way you get the characters on their own — the square and the faint guide lines you see above are not in the file. Each character is 1000px, so a two-character download is 2000×1000, and the script and layout are the ones you picked.
Script
Characters
Same in both
Layout
Rubbing mode: white on black, as a stone rubbing. The download is unaffected.
Stopping the fight and accepting what came — either as defeat or as peace, depending on the word you pick.
Before you commit
Choose with care認命 sounds beaten. A Chinese reader hears someone who has given up. If you mean serene acceptance, 隨緣 or 順其自然 is the phrase you want.
At small sizes認 is 14 strokes and 命 is 8. As a pair they need a straight run of skin; 順 alone is the compact option.
Cultural note隨緣 is a common Buddhist expression and appears on temple goods and calligraphy. It will be read as a spiritual statement, which may be exactly right or not at all.
Meaning
To accept one's fate; to stop struggling against it.
The exact phrase, with a note of defeat in it.
Other characters for “resignation”
What to do next
Pick the script and layout you want above, download the PNG, and send that file to your artist. Ask them to work from the file rather than redrawing the character freehand — that is where strokes go missing.
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