令 — orders, ancient laws, command

れい令 orders

れい

U+4EE4 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #804 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1503 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

orders
ancient laws
command
decree

Readings

On'yomi: れい rei

word

れい rei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

令(れい) rei order 命(めい) 令(れい) meirei order 法(ほう) 令(れい) hourei law 司(し) 令(れい) shirei command 指(し) 令(れい) shirei directive 省(しょう) 令(れい) shourei ministerial ordinance 令(れい) 和(わ) reiwa Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-) 号(ごう) 令(れい) gourei order (esp. to a number of people)

Words by frequency and grade

16 words

Each dot is a word containing 令: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 9 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひと人 person #9

いち一 one #1

マ ma-shape (graphical primitive)

卩 seal

Used as component in (5)

れい冷 cool りょう領 jurisdiction れい齢 age すず鈴 small bell れい零 zero

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#9 人 person