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Kanji Detail for 令 - "order, command, good"

令

  • Meaning

    令 means "order, command, good."

    1. Order - A command; a decree.

    2. Law - A regulation; a rule.

    3. Good - Excellent; admirable.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    orders; laws; command; decree; good

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Order; command. Directives. Announcements regarding political matters are called 令. | Seasonal regulations. Such as 春令 (spring regulations), 夏令 (summer regulations). | An official title. Chief. In Qin, the county chief was called 令, hence county heads were called 縣令. | Good; excellent. When addressing others' relatives as 令兄 (your elder brother), 令弟 (your younger brother), it praises them as a sign of respect. | A type of ci poetry. Such as short tunes called 小令. | A game. Setting up a fixed format for everyone to follow is also called 令. Such as drinking games and the like. | To cause; to make. Such as 令人起敬 (cause people to feel respect). | Servants are called 使令.
  • Onyomitip

    rei(れい) れい

    ryoh(りょう) りょう

  • Kunyomitip

    iitsuke(いいつけ) いいつけ

    osa(おさ) おさ

    yo.i(よい) よい

  • Strokestip

    5 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords
    order command decree law regulation rule good excellent admirable honorable your honorific chief head cause make let allow Reiwa era

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