令
令 — ryeong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 하여금 령
- Romanization
- ryeong
- English
- command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
- Mandarin
- lìng
- Japanese on'yomi
- レイ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- おさ しむ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #804 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 人 (9, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+4EE4
How 令 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 令 as a ideographic compound involving 亼, 卩.
Korean example words with 令
- 관령官令 Korean gloss: 관청의 명령
- 왕령王令 Korean gloss: 임금의 명령
- 군령軍令 Korean gloss: 군사상의 명령
- 영신令辰 Korean gloss: 좋은 날이나 때
- 영월令月 Korean gloss: 상서롭고 좋은 달
- 위령威令 Korean gloss: 위엄이 있는 명령
- 칙령勅令 Korean gloss: 임금이 내린 명령
- 급령急令 Korean gloss: 갑자기 내리는 명령
- 조령朝令 Korean gloss: 조정(朝廷)의 명령
- 국령國令 Korean gloss: 국가의 명령이나 법령
- 영망令望 Korean gloss: 좋은 평판이나 명망(名望)
- 장령將令 Korean gloss: 군대를 거느리는 장수의 명령
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 令
- 司令官しれいかん commandant; commanding officer; general
- 命令めいれい order; command; decree
- 令れい command; order; dictation
- 政令せいれい government ordinance; cabinet order
- 司令部しれいぶ headquarters
- 指令しれい order; directive; instructions
- 法令ほうれい statute; law; act
- 発令はつれい official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
- 司令しれい command; commander; commandant
- 省令しょうれい ministerial ordinance
- 辞令じれい notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language
- 令状れいじょう warrant; summons; written order
Characters sharing the phonetic 令
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “령” in Korean.
Other hanja read “령”
Other hanja with radical 人
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences