See also: and
U+4EE4, 令
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EE4

[U+4EE3]
CJK Unified IdeographsCategory:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000020196
[U+4EE5]
Category:Han script characters#%20
U+F9A8, 令
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A8

[U+F9A7]
CJK Compatibility IdeographsCategory:CJK Compatibility Ideographs block#*0000063912
[U+F9A9]
Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Translingual

Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean

Han character

Category:Translingual lemmas#人03令Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#人03令Category:Translingual symbols#人03令Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#人03令Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#人03令Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令 (Kangxi radical 9, +3, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 人戈弓戈 (OINI), four-corner 80307, composition (G) or (HTV) or 𰆊(JK))Category:Han char with multiple idsCategory:Han script characters#人03令

Derived characters

Stroke order
Traditional or simplified

Japanese or Korean

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 93, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 387
  • Dae Jaweon: page 198, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 111, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+4EE4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意)Category:Han ideogrammic compounds#人03: + . The upper part is an open mouth to convey the idea of giving orders, while the bottom part is a kneeling man. Compare , in which an open mouth on top of the character conveys the same idea of giving orders.

Etymology 1

trad.
simp. #

Usually thought to be related to (OC *mreŋs, “order”) (Schuessler, 2007). As a surname, 令 has many origins, one of them is 令狐 (Línghú).

Pronunciation


Note: liang/liang˖ - riddle.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /liŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /liŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /liŋ⁵³/
Jinan /liŋ²¹/
Qingdao /liŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /liŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /liŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /liə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /liŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /lĩn¹³/
Ürümqi /liŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /nin³⁵/
Chengdu /nin¹³/
Guiyang /nin²¹³/
Kunming /lĩ¹/
Nanjing /lin⁴⁴/
Hefei /lin⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /liəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /liŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /lĩŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /liŋ²³/
Suzhou /lin³¹/
Hangzhou /lin¹³/
Wenzhou /leŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /liʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /lɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /lin⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /nin⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /lin²¹/
Hakka Meixian /lin⁵³/
Taoyuan /lin⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /leŋ²²/
Nanning /leŋ²²/
Hong Kong /liŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /liŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /lɛiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /leiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /leŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /leŋ³³/ 使~(俗)

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/5 4/5 5/5
Initial () (37) (37) (37)
Final () (121) (121) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III IV
Fanqie
Baxter ljeng ljengH lengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liᴇŋ/ /liᴇŋH/ /leŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɛŋ/ /liɛŋH/ /leŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/liæŋ/ /liæŋH/ /lɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liajŋ/ /liajŋH/ /lɛjŋH/
Li
Rong
/liɛŋ/ /liɛŋH/ /leŋH/
Wang
Li
/lĭɛŋ/ /lĭɛŋH/ /lieŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li̯ɛŋ/ /li̯ɛŋH/ /lieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng lìng lìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 ling6 ling6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
líng lìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljeng › ‹ ljengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*riŋ/ /*riŋ-s/
English send (a person) issue a command

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/5 3/5 5/5
No. 8277 8284 8332
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reŋ/ /*reŋs/ /*reːŋs/
Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Mandarin lemmas#人03Category:Sichuanese lemmas#人03Category:Cantonese lemmas#人03Category:Taishanese lemmas#人03Category:Gan lemmas#人03Category:Hakka lemmas#人03Category:Jin lemmas#人03Category:Northern Min lemmas#人03Category:Eastern Min lemmas#人03Category:Hokkien lemmas#人03Category:Teochew lemmas#人03Category:Leizhou Min lemmas#人03Category:Puxian Min lemmas#人03Category:Southern Pinghua lemmas#人03Category:Wu lemmas#人03Category:Wu lemmas#人03Category:Xiang lemmas#人03Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Old Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Mandarin hanzi#人03Category:Sichuanese hanzi#人03Category:Cantonese hanzi#人03Category:Taishanese hanzi#人03Category:Gan hanzi#人03Category:Hakka hanzi#人03Category:Jin hanzi#人03Category:Northern Min hanzi#人03Category:Eastern Min hanzi#人03Category:Hokkien hanzi#人03Category:Teochew hanzi#人03Category:Leizhou Min hanzi#人03Category:Puxian Min hanzi#人03Category:Southern Pinghua hanzi#人03Category:Wu hanzi#人03Category:Wu hanzi#人03Category:Xiang hanzi#人03Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Old Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese verbs#人03Category:Mandarin verbs#人03Category:Sichuanese verbs#人03Category:Cantonese verbs#人03Category:Taishanese verbs#人03Category:Gan verbs#人03Category:Hakka verbs#人03Category:Jin verbs#人03Category:Northern Min verbs#人03Category:Eastern Min verbs#人03Category:Hokkien verbs#人03Category:Teochew verbs#人03Category:Leizhou Min verbs#人03Category:Puxian Min verbs#人03Category:Southern Pinghua verbs#人03Category:Wu verbs#人03Category:Wu verbs#人03Category:Xiang verbs#人03Category:Middle Chinese verbs#人03Category:Old Chinese verbs#人03Category:Chinese nouns#人03Category:Mandarin nouns#人03Category:Sichuanese nouns#人03Category:Cantonese nouns#人03Category:Taishanese nouns#人03Category:Gan nouns#人03Category:Hakka nouns#人03Category:Jin nouns#人03Category:Northern Min nouns#人03Category:Eastern Min nouns#人03Category:Hokkien nouns#人03Category:Teochew nouns#人03Category:Leizhou Min nouns#人03Category:Puxian Min nouns#人03Category:Southern Pinghua nouns#人03Category:Wu nouns#人03Category:Wu nouns#人03Category:Xiang nouns#人03Category:Middle Chinese nouns#人03Category:Old Chinese nouns#人03Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人03Category:Chinese terms spelled with 令#人03

Definitions

Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人03Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. to order; to command
  2. order; command; directive
  3. to make (someone do something); to cause; to allow
       lìngrén   to make someone (do something); to make people [with adjective]Category:Mandarin terms with collocations
  4. (historicalCategory:Chinese terms with historical senses#人03) governor; magistrate (official title)
  5. (literaryCategory:Chinese literary terms#人03, or in compounds) good; excellent
  6. (literaryCategory:Chinese literary terms#人03, or in compounds) time; season
  7. (literaryCategory:Chinese literary terms#人03, or in compounds) drinker's wager game; drinking game
  8. (honorificCategory:Chinese honorific terms#人03) your
       lìngzūn   your fatherCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations
       lìng'ài   your daughterCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations
  9. (poetryCategory:zh:Poetry#人03) short for 小令 (“ditty”)Category:Chinese redlinks/zh-lCategory:Chinese short forms
  10. a surnameCategory:Chinese surnames#人03
Synonyms
  • (to order):
  • (order):
  • (to cause): 使 (shǐ), (ràng), (Cantonese) 令到 (ling6 dou3), 搞到 (gaau2 dou3)
  • (season):
  • (drinker's wager game): 酒令 (jiǔlìng)
Descendants

Etymology 2

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation


Rime
Character
Reading # 3/5
Initial () (37)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
líng
Middle
Chinese
‹ leng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]ˁiŋ/
English 脊令 tsjek.leng (a kind of water bird)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 4/5
No. 8306
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/
Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Mandarin lemmas#人03Category:Cantonese lemmas#人03Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Old Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Mandarin hanzi#人03Category:Cantonese hanzi#人03Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Old Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese nouns#人03Category:Mandarin nouns#人03Category:Cantonese nouns#人03Category:Middle Chinese nouns#人03Category:Old Chinese nouns#人03Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人03Category:Chinese terms spelled with 令#人03

Definitions

Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人03Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. used in 令狐 (Línghú)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard ChineseCategory:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#人03) used in 令利Category:Chinese redlinks/zh-l
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard ChineseCategory:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#人03) used in 令俜Category:Chinese redlinks/zh-l
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard ChineseCategory:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#人03) used in 令星Category:Chinese redlinks/zh-l
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard ChineseCategory:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#人03) used in 脊令
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard ChineseCategory:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#人03) Original form of (líng).

Etymology 3

trad.
simp. #

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Chinese terms borrowed from English#人03Category:Chinese terms derived from English#人03 ream.

Pronunciation


Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Mandarin lemmas#人03Category:Cantonese lemmas#人03Category:Taishanese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Mandarin hanzi#人03Category:Cantonese hanzi#人03Category:Taishanese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese classifiers#人03Category:Mandarin classifiers#人03Category:Cantonese classifiers#人03Category:Taishanese classifiers#人03Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人03Category:Chinese terms spelled with 令#人03

Definitions

Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人03Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. Classifier for reams of paper.
    新闻纸   liǎng lìng xīnwénzhǐ   two reams of newsprintCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations
    牛皮纸   lìng niúpízhǐ   two reams of brown paperCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations

Etymology 4

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/5
Initial () (37)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lian/
Li
Rong
/liɛn/
Wang
Li
/lĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/5
No. 8271
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ren/
Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Mandarin lemmas#人03Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Old Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Mandarin hanzi#人03Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Old Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese nouns#人03Category:Mandarin nouns#人03Category:Middle Chinese nouns#人03Category:Old Chinese nouns#人03Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人03Category:Chinese terms spelled with 令#人03

Definitions

Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人03Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard ChineseCategory:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#人03) only used in 令居 (“ancient county in modern Gansu”)Category:Chinese redlinks/zh-l

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#令 – see (“age; length of time; duration; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:
Category:zh:Age#人03Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Mandarin lemmas#人03Category:Sichuanese lemmas#人03Category:Cantonese lemmas#人03Category:Hakka lemmas#人03Category:Eastern Min lemmas#人03Category:Hokkien lemmas#人03Category:Teochew lemmas#人03Category:Puxian Min lemmas#人03Category:Wu lemmas#人03Category:Xiang lemmas#人03Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Old Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Mandarin hanzi#人03Category:Sichuanese hanzi#人03Category:Cantonese hanzi#人03Category:Hakka hanzi#人03Category:Eastern Min hanzi#人03Category:Hokkien hanzi#人03Category:Teochew hanzi#人03Category:Puxian Min hanzi#人03Category:Wu hanzi#人03Category:Xiang hanzi#人03Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Old Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese nouns#人03Category:Mandarin nouns#人03Category:Sichuanese nouns#人03Category:Cantonese nouns#人03Category:Hakka nouns#人03Category:Eastern Min nouns#人03Category:Hokkien nouns#人03Category:Teochew nouns#人03Category:Puxian Min nouns#人03Category:Wu nouns#人03Category:Xiang nouns#人03Category:Middle Chinese nouns#人03Category:Old Chinese nouns#人03Category:Chinese terms spelled with 令#人03Category:Chinese simplified forms#人03Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人03Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

Compounds

Etymology 6

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with Hakka (lang, “smooth and shiny”)?”
Category:Requests for etymologies in Chinese entries#人03

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Cantonese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Cantonese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese adjectives#人03Category:Cantonese adjectives#人03Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人03Category:Chinese terms spelled with 令#人03

Definitions

Category:Chinese lemmas#人03Category:Chinese hanzi#人03Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人03Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. (CantoneseCategory:Cantonese Chinese#人03) glossy; smooth and shiny

Compounds

References

Category:Intermediate Mandarin#人03

Japanese

Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#人03Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#人03Category:Japanese fourth grade kanji#人03Category:Japanese kyōiku kanji#人03Category:Japanese jōyō kanji#人03

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: 4
kan'on
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 令 read as れい#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れいCategory:Japanese terms read with kan'on#れい

From Middle ChineseCategory:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい (MC ljeng), (MC ljengH), or (MC lengH).

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#れいCategory:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#れい

Noun

(れい) (reiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令) Category:Japanese lemmas#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れいCategory:Japanese nouns#れいCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#れいCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#れいCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#れいCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 令#れいCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#れいCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#れいCategory:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. an order, command, decree
    Synonyms: 言い付け (iitsuke), 命令 (meirei)
  2. (historicalCategory:Japanese terms with historical senses#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい) in ancient China, a regional governor or magistrate
  3. (historicalCategory:Japanese terms with historical senses#れい) in the early Meiji period, the forerunner of a 知事 (chiji, prefectural governor)
  4. (historicalCategory:Japanese terms with historical senses#れい) in the Kamakura period, the vice-minister of the 政所 (mandokoro, office of financial affairs)
  5. (historicalCategory:Japanese terms with historical senses#れい) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Japanese entries#れい
    Synonym: 坊令 (bōrei)
  6. (rareCategory:Japanese terms with rare senses#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい, lawCategory:ja:Law#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい, historicalCategory:Japanese terms with historical senses#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system

Affix

(れい) (reiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令) Category:Japanese lemmas#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れいCategory:Japanese affixes#れいCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#れいCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#れいCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#れいCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 令#れいCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#れいCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#れいCategory:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. act, law, ordinance, rule
  2. law, ordinance, regulation
  3. (historicalCategory:Japanese terms with historical senses#れい) high-ranking official or magistrate
  4. (obsoleteCategory:Japanese terms with obsolete senses#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい) admonition, teaching
  5. (rareCategory:Japanese terms with rare senses#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい) beautiful, excellent, fine, good
  6. honorific prefix added before a term of kinship to show respect to someone else's relative
Derived terms

Proper noun

(れい) (ReiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令) Category:Japanese lemmas#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れいCategory:Japanese proper nouns#れいCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#れいCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#れいCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#れいCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 令#れいCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#れいCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#れいCategory:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. a female given nameCategory:Japanese given names#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れいCategory:Japanese female given names#れい

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
りょう
Grade: 4
goon
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 令 read as りょう#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りょうCategory:Japanese terms read with goon#りょう

/rjau//rjɔː//rjoː/

From Middle ChineseCategory:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#れい (MC ljeng), (MC ljengH), or (MC lengH).

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#れいCategory:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#れい

Noun

(りょう) (ryōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令) りやう (ryau)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令?Category:Japanese lemmas#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りょうCategory:Japanese nouns#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 令#りょうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りょうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りょうCategory:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. (lawCategory:ja:Law#りようCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りよう, historicalCategory:Japanese terms with historical senses#りようCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りよう) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system
Derived terms

Affix

(りょう) (ryōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令) りやう (ryau)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令?Category:Japanese lemmas#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りょうCategory:Japanese affixes#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 令#りょうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りょうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りょうCategory:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. order, command, decree
  2. law, ordinance, rule

Proper noun

(りょう) (RyōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令) りやう (Ryau)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令?Category:Japanese lemmas#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りょうCategory:Japanese proper nouns#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 令#りょうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りょうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りょうCategory:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. a female given nameCategory:Japanese given names#れいCategory:Japanese female given names#れい

References

  1. 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#令Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#令 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Category:Japanese prefixes#れいCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#れい

Korean

Etymology

“to cause; to order; etc.”

From Middle ChineseCategory:Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese#令 (MC ljeng).

“an order; a command”

From Middle ChineseCategory:Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese#令 (MC ljengH).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun 하여금 (hayeogeum ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 하여금 (hayeogeum yeong))Category:Korean lemmas#령Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#령Category:Korean hanja#령Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#령Category:Pages with entries#令Category:Pages with 5 entries#令

  1. hanja form? of / (an order; a command)Category:Korean hanja forms#令
  2. hanja form? of / (to cause; to allow)Category:Korean hanja forms#令
  3. hanja form? of / (to order; to command)Category:Korean hanja forms#令

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: lệnh[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9], lịnh[2][3][7][8][9], lậnh[7][8][9], linh[1][6]Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#人03 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
: Nôm readings: lênh[1][2][3][5], lanh[1][2][5], lành[1][2][5], linh[1][2], rình[1][2], liệng[3][4], lình[3][5], lạnh[1], lềnh[1], liêng[1], rành[1], lệnh[3], loanh[3]Category:Vietnamese Nom#人03 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

  1. chữ Hán form of lệnh (order; decree)Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán
  2. chữ Nôm form of lanh (used in long lanh (sparkling; glistening))Category:Vietnamese Nom
  3. chữ Nôm form of lành (good; kind; mild; gentle)Category:Vietnamese Nom
  4. chữ Nôm form of lạnh (cold)Category:Vietnamese Nom
  5. chữ Nôm form of lênh (used in công lênh (effort))Category:Vietnamese Nom
  6. chữ Nôm form of liêng (used in thiêng liêng (spiritual; sacred))Category:Vietnamese Nom
  7. chữ Nôm form of linh (used in lung linh (shimmering; glistening))Category:Vietnamese Nom
  8. chữ Nôm form of rành ((Central VietnamCategory:Central Vietnamese#人03, Southern VietnamCategory:Southern Vietnamese#人03, rareCategory:Vietnamese terms with rare senses#人03) clear; plain; evident)Category:Vietnamese Nom

Compounds

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