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令 means 'order' or 'command' or 'good'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 728   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-7    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 41    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 33 words   Used in 229 words   Used in 227 names   Component in 45 kanji (5 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   レイ
Additional readings
Name    のり   りょう   れ
Notes
In the new era name
れいわ
令和
, 令 is interpreted as having the meaning 'auspicious', largely from its use in the word
れいげつ
令月
 (auspicious month).
The printed form and handwritten forms of 令 often look very different. The printed form usually looks like the combination 人 (person)一 (one)卩 (seal), whereas the handwritten form is closer to 人 (person)丶 (dot)龴 (ma).
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⿱  亼 assembly  卩 seal  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 令 is used 7 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 令 is used 222 times, read 1 way (with 2 variations).
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レイ : 206 words FIND ALL
め い れ い 0
1. order; command; decree; directive
2. (software) instruction; statement  (computer terminology)
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れ: 2 words. FIND ALL
ふ れ 2
Most common form: 触れ
noun
1. proclamation; official notice
2. touch; contact
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りょう: 14 words. FIND ALL
noun
administrative and civil code  (archaic)
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An additional The printed form and handwritten forms of 令 often look very different. The printed form usually looks like the combination 人一卩, whereas the handwritten form is closer to 人丶龴. less common words include 令 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 633 (originally: 603)  Joy o' Kanji : 603  Key to Kanji: 1081 

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令
レイ    order   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
卩
seal
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