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order 令
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| Explanation |
Based on "bell 鈴 suzu, REI, RIN", this radical 令 can also be understood as an image of a bell: (The sound of) the bell  with the bell mallet 卩 gives now 今 the command (e.g. to come).
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命
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| life, order, command, fate
inochi, MEI, MYŌ
口
令
卩
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Lower left: mouth 口, rest: order, command 令 (To put a lid  on the bent person卩, has been ordered!)
The mouth gives order to live.
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令
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| order, rule, command, decree
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Top: lid , below: bent person マ
To put a lid on the bent person, that's the order.
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冷
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| cool, freeze, cold
tsumetai, hieru, REI
令
冫
マ
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Left: ice 冫, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person マ. That is the order.)
Ice is "ordered" to cool.
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領
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| territory, controlled by..., receive, chief
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Left: order 令 (To put a lid on the bent person 卩 has been ordered.), right: head/forehead 頁
"Ordering the heads" is done by the chief when controlling his territory.
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鈴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| small bell, chime
suzu, REI, RIN
金
令
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Left: metal 金, right: order/command 令 (here: body of the bell with the bell's bolt 卩)
Metal that is chiming "on command" is a bell.
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零
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| zero, null, nil, to overflow
koboreru, REI
雨
令
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Top: rain 雨, bottom: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person 卩, That was ordered!)
The rain shall be ordered to fall? That can nobody = zero persons!
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齢
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| age
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Left: tooth 歯 (Stop 止 and get rice 米 from container 凵 for the teeth.), right: order/command 令 (To put a lid on the bent person 卩, has been ordered!)
(You can tell the age of a horse by its teeth:) The teeth got the "order" to show the: age.
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