令
lìngTraditional: 令
#1183 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to cause, to make; command, order
Word origin
A pictograph of a person kneeling to receive an order from above. It means a command, and as a verb to cause.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- a person kneeling to receive a command
Stroke order
令
Examples
。
This made me very surprised.
。
The general gave an order.
佩。
His courage commands admiration.
。
This is hard to believe.
，。
At one command, everyone set off.
令 (lìng) means to cause or make, and a command or order. As a causative it appears in 令人, making one feel.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 令.
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