令 - Dong Chinese dictionary

lìng, líng, lǐng

command

Depicts a person (卩) receiving commands from a mouth (口) above them.

Components

口 Iconic component

kǒu

mouth

卩 Iconic component

jié

person kneeling

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

令

lìng

command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause; to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old)

令

Líng

see 令狐[Línghú]

令

líng

see 脊令[jílíng]

令

lǐng

classifier for a ream of paper

Most common words with 令

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	令	to order
	命令	order
	令人	to cause one (to do sth)
	指令	order
	下令	to command

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

命

Sound component in 28 characters (10 verified)

命领領冷零齡龄怜邻聆玲鈴铃岭伶拎翎羚苓蛉呤囹泠瓴鴒鸰舲柃

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[r]ˤiŋ	leng	líng	脊令 tsjek.leng (a kind of water bird)
*riŋ	ljeng	líng	send (a person)
*riŋ-s	ljengH	lìng	issue a command