1. 命
  2. 令

命

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  • 258th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 195 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
命→
亼叩
2Radical
命→
人human一one口mouth卩seal
3Graphical
命→
人一口丨㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mìng (ming4)life • fate • order or command • to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
命的是我这
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Example Words

Common

命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Uncommon

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
性命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
听天由命 (聽天由命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)

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令

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Previous (夫)Next (准)
  • 378th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 35 characters

Decomposition

1Once
令→
亽龴
2Radical
令→
人human丶dot龴N/A
3Graphical
令→
人丶龴

Pinyin & Meaning

1. líng (Ling2)see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]
2. líng (ling2)see 脊令[ji2 ling2] • see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]
3. lǐng (ling3)classifier for a ream of paper
4. lìng (ling4)to order • to command • an order • warrant • writ • to cause • to make sth happen • virtuous • honorific title • season • government position (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
令的是我这
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Appears In

令 also appears in:
领冷零龄怜邻玲铃岭伶拎翎聆羚苓蛉呤囹泠瓴鸰領袊齡舲笭跉矝柃齢鈴秢詅魿鴒

Example Words

Common

命令 
号令 (號令)

Uncommon

下令 
令狐 
冬令 
利令智昏 
勒令 
口令 
司令 
司令部 
夏令营 (夏令營)
指令 
时令 (時令)
法令 
发号施令 (發號施令)
禁令 
禁酒令 
绕口令 (繞口令)
责令 (責令)
军令如山 (軍令如山)
达令 (達令)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.