Memory phrase for the character: 翎

翎

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Meaning tail feathers, plume

Pronunciation

líng

Explanation

Left: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered), right: wings 羽

Mnemonic
 
The commands (about the direction) give these wings: the tail feathers.

Radicals

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)
羽 feather
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 Vocabulary

翎子 líng zi  peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional); pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera)
翎子 líng zi  

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