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

令

  • Meaning

    令 means "order, law, good."

    1. Order - A command; a decree.

    2. Law - A regulation; a rule.

    3. Good - Excellent; admirable.

  • Words using 令

    • 司令官 しれいかん Listen commandant; commanding officer; general
    • 命令 めいれい Listen order; command; decree
    • 政令 せいれい Listen government ordinance; cabinet order
    • 司令部 しれいぶ Listen headquarters
    • 指令 しれい Listen order; directive; instructions
    • 法令 ほうれい Listen statute; law; act
    • 発令 はつれい Listen official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
    • 司令 しれい Listen command; commander; commandant

  • Four-character idioms with 令

    • 外交辞令 がいこうじれい Listen diplomatic turn of phrase; diplomatic language; tactful way of expressing something
    • 朝令暮改 ちょうれいぼかい Listen an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
    • 至上命令 しじょうめいれい Listen unconditional command; must-obey order
    • 嘉辰令月 かしんれいげつ Listen auspicious date
    • 巧言令色 こうげんれいしょく Listen flattery; honeyed words
    • 社交辞令 しゃこうじれい Listen something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words

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    • Verified meaning: order, law, good
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read のり, よし, りょう, りよう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 令

    Given names 令(のり)Listen 令(よし)Listen 令(りょう)Listen 令(れい)Listen

    Surnames 令(りよう)Listen 令(れいじ)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rei(レイ) レイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    order law good chief command rule decree authority directive edict excellent govern mandate regulation admirable control leadership

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