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令

orders
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingレイ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. ordersRtK
  2. laws
  3. command
  4. decree
  5. good
  1. order
  2. dictation
  3. nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

Synonyms

令和

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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meeting · chop-seal · hanko

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1503

Compound words

戒厳令かいげんれい
martial law
訓令くんれい
directive; instructions
号令ごうれい
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
司令しれい
command; commander; commandant
指令しれい
order; directive; instructions; command
辞令じれい
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
省令しょうれい
ministerial ordinance
政令せいれい
government ordinance; cabinet order
発令はつれい
official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
法令ほうれい
statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
命令めいれい
order; command; decree; directive; (software) instruction
令嬢れいじょう
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
令状れいじょう
warrant; summons; written order
仮令たとえ
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although
令和れいわ
Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
司令官しれいかん
commandant; commanding officer; general
司令部しれいぶ
headquarters
悪令あくれい
bad decree
威令いれい
authority
違令いれい
violation of law
家令かれい
steward
禁令きんれい
prohibition
軍令ぐんれい
military command
詔令しょうれい
imperial edict

On Reading Examples

彼は私に１人で行けと命令した。めいれい
He ordered me to go alone.tatoeba
初めての奴隷制度禁止令は１９世紀半ばに行われた。れい
The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century.tatoeba
国際貿易禁止令がその国の経済にとって最後の頼みでしょう。れい
An international trade ban could be the last straw for that country's economy.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は兵士たちに大声を上げて命令した。
He yelled out an order to the soldiers.tatoeba
彼は部下にどなって命令をした。
He growled out orders to his subordinates.tatoeba
彼は彼らに囚人を釈放するように命令した。
He ordered them to release the prisoners.tatoeba
彼は大将に命令を取り消すように頼んだ。
He asked the general to take back his order.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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