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order, command 令
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| Explanation |
Based 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)
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Used in these characters:
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冷
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| cold
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Left: ice 冫, right: order/command 令 (A lid  on the bent person卩 was ordered.)
Ice is ordered to be cold.
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零
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| zero, nought, remnant, remainder
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Top: rain 雨, below: order/command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The chances that the rain might obey an order are: zero.
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邻
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| neighbor, adjacent, close to
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Left: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered), right: village⻏
The order is that everything in the village is neighbored.
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龄
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| age, years of life
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Left: tooth 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: order 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
(From the teeth of horses you can read the age:) The teeth got the order to show the: age.
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怜
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to pity, to sympathize
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Left: feelings 忄, right: command/order 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
Some feelings come automatically, as if on command: The pity.
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命
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| life, fate, order or command
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Left: mouth 口, top/right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The mouth orders to live.
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领
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| neck, collar, to lead, to receive
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Left: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered), right: page,sheet developed of a head (页/頁 = head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
It follows the orders of the head: The neck.
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令
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to order, to command, warrant
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Top: lid , below: bent person 卩
A lid on the bent person: That's the order.
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铃
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| (small) bell
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: order/command 令 (bell's body , bell's bolt マ)
Metal chiming on command is a bell.
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伶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| clever
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Left: person 亻, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The person, giving commands should be clever.
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岭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mountain range, mountain ridge
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Left: mountain 山, right: command, order 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered!)
Mountains, which are arranged as if on command, result in: a mountain range.
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玲
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sound of tinkling (ting-a-ling) of gem-pendants
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Left: King, jade 王, right: order, command 令 (here: image of a bell - cf. metal bell 铃 - (令 = bell's body , bell's bolt マ)
The jade bell has tinkling sound.
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拎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to hold, lift, to carry in one's hand, to take
līn, līng
扌
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Left: hand 扌, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
When the hand is ordered, it: holds.
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翎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| tail feathers, plume
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Left: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered), right: wings 羽
The commands (about the direction) give these wings: the tail feathers.
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聆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| apprehend, hear, listen
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Left: ear 耳, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered) - (cf. bell 铃)
The ear is ordered to: apprehend / hear.
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羚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| antelope
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Left: sheep 羊, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The 'sheep' that (is following the herd/flock) as if on command is: the antelope.
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