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令 = 亼 + 龴

令 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “orders”. It is built from 亼 (meeting) and 龴 (chop-seal). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1503. It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword
orders
RTK frame
1503
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
приказ
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
令 command

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亼 meeting
  2. 龴 chop-seal

Alternative decomposition

  1. 亼 meeting
  2. | pipe
  3. 𠃌 clothes hanger

Characters that contain 令

How to find 令 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “meeting” + “chop-seal”. 令 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 令 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.