令 Orders

Radical Combination

• 令 Orders

Meaning

Primary

Orders

Mnemonic

If you know the radical meaning orders you know the kanji meaning orders as well!

Hints

Here's an order: study your radicals.

Readings

On’yomi

れい

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Your orders are to get a ray (れい) gun.

Hints

Imagine an authority figure giving you this order as an official order. Ray guns don't really exist, so you think it's a pretty strange order.

Hint: when you see the orders radical, the reading will often be れい. The mnemonic will likely involve orders to get a ray gun of some kind.