令(lìng)

HSK 55 strokes
Readingslìnglínglǐng

used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
lìng / líng / lǐng
Meaning
used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 令 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱人？

A person kneeling before a master 人

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

人rén

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 令 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 令

Common words using 令 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

mìng命lìng令
HSK 5

order

Open 命令 page →
xià下lìng令
HSK 7-9

to give an order; to issue an order

Open 下令 page →
kǒu口lìng令
HSK 7-9

oral command

Open 口令 page →
sī司lìng令
HSK 7-9

commanding officer

Open 司令 page →
lìng令rén人

to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc)

Open 令人 page →
lìng令xiōng兄

Your esteemed older brother (honorific)

Open 令兄 page →
sān三lìng令wǔ五shēn申

to order again and again (idiom)

Open 三令五申 page →
xià下zhú逐kè客lìng令

to ask sb to leave

Open 下逐客令 page →

Related characters

More HSK 5 characters

丑丢乏乘乙亏享仔

From 令’s common words

命下口司人兄三五

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