令 (líng)
To order; to command; to cause/make.
How 令 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 人 — human
- Traditional
- 令
- Simplified
- 令 (unchanged)
Components
- 人 human
- 丶 dot
- 龴 N/A
令 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- líng
- see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]
- lǐng
- classifier for a ream of paper
- lìng
- to order; to command; an order; warrant
Common words using 令
- 號令 hàolìng
- an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command
- 下令 xiàlìng
- to give an order; to command
- 司令 sīlìng
- commanding officer
- 司令部 sīlìngbù
- headquarters; military command center
- 命令 mìnglìng
- order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 指令 zhǐlìng
- order; command; instruction
- 發號施令 fāhàoshīlìng
- to boss people around (idiom)
- 繞口令 ràokǒulìng
- tongue-twister
- 三令五申 sānlìngwǔshēn
- to order again and again (idiom)
- 令人滿意 lìngrénmǎnyì
- satisfactory
- 令堂 lìngtáng
- (honorific) your mother
- 令尊 lìngzūn
- Your esteemed father (honorific)
令 in a sentence
這個消息令人感到興奮。
Zhè ge xiāoxí lìng rén gǎndào xīngfèn.
“This news makes people feel excited.”
How common is 令?
令 is the 378th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 69.8% of all running text.
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