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令 kanji
orders, laws, command, decree, good
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
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LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3命令Popularorder; command; decree; directive; (software) instruction; statement
- N1指令Popularorder; directive; instructions; command
- —令Popularcommand; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
- —訓令Populardirective; instructions
- —号令Popularorder (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
- —司令Popularcommand; commander; commandant
- —辞令Popularnotice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
- —省令Popularministerial ordinance
- —政令Populargovernment ordinance; cabinet order
- —発令Popularofficial announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
- —法令Popularstatute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
- —令嬢Popular(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
- —令状Popularwarrant; summons; written order
- —令和PopularReiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
- —戒厳令Popularmartial law
- —司令官Popularcommandant; commanding officer; general
- —司令部Popularheadquarters
- —悪令bad decree
- —威令authority
- —違令violation of law