The kanji 令: meaning, readings and stroke order

令

Meaning: order, command
On reading: レイ rei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mệnh lệnh (lệnh)
Japanese: いいつけ。めいれい。
Korean: 명령 (령·영)
Chinese: 命令

Readings, words and example sentences

レイ rei · on reading

命めい令れい
order, command
隊長の 命めい令れいにしたがいます。
We follow our leader's orders.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.