Memory phrase for the character: 令

令

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Meaning to order, to command, warrant

Pronunciation

lìng

Explanation

Top: lid , below: bent person 卩

Mnemonic
 
A lid on the bent person: That's the order.

Radicals

人 personA standing person with spread legs.
令 order, commandBased on "bell 铃 líng", this radical 令 can also be understood as a picture of a bell: (The sound of) the bell with the bell mallet マ gives now 今 the command (e.g. to come)
マ bent person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂,lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

总司令 zǒng sī lìng  commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations
敕令 chì lìng  Imperial order or edict (old)
剃发令 tì fà lìng  the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
诏令 zhào lìng  imperial order
下令 xià lìng  to give an order; to command
法令 fǎ lìng  decree; ordinance
令人 lìng rén  to cause sb (to do); to make one (feel sth); (used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)
司令 sī lìng  commanding officer
指令 zhǐ lìng  order; command; instruction
命令 mìng lìng  order; command
命令 mìng lìng  

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