Memory phrase for the character: 领


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Meaning neck, collar, to lead, to receive

Pronunciation

lǐng

Explanation

Left: order, command (A lid on the bent person, was ordered), right: page,sheet developed of a head (页/ = head with shoulders and eyebrows )

Mnemonic


 
It follows the orders of the head: The neck.

Radicals

order, commandBased on "bell 铃 líng", this radical can also be understood as a picture of a bell: (The sound of) the bell with the bell mallet gives now the command (e.g. to come)
head, leaderPicture of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.
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 Vocabulary

将领 jiàng lǐng  high-ranking military officer
红领巾 hóng lǐng jīn  red neckscarf; by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
本领 běn lǐng  skill; ability; capability
首领 shǒu lǐng  head; boss; chief
领事 lǐng shì  consul
带领 dài lǐng  to guide; to lead
纲领 gāng lǐng  program; guiding principle
率领 shuài lǐng  lead; command; head
领域 lǐng yù  domain; sphere; field; territory; area
占领 zhàn lǐng  to occupy (a territory); to hold
领土 lǐng tǔ  territory
领土 lǐng tǔ  


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