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令

lǐng

HSK 3.0 · 5

líng

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

lǐng · ling6 (Jyutping)

  1. classifier for a ream of paper

lìng · ling6 (Jyutping)

  1. to order
  2. to command
  3. an order
  4. warrant
  5. writ
  6. to cause
  7. to make sth happen
  8. virtuous
  9. honorific title
  10. season
  11. government position (old)
  12. type of short song or poem

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

令

Meaning
command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
Radical
人
Strokes
5
Components
⿱人?
Cangjie
OINI
Four-corner
8030.7

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