令
líng
#378 most
frequent character
used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
令 is a picture of a mouth 亽 giving an order to a kneeling person 龴. That gave the first meaning, 'command'. From there it grew to 'cause' and 'word, phrase'.
Drawn as: mouth giving command; kneeling person
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