Moto 令: Orders; Ancient Laws; CommandKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- レイ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 252 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (レイ)
- 司令官しれいかんcommandant; commanding officer
- 命令めいれいorder; command
- 令れいcommand; order
- 政令せいれいgovernment ordinance; cabinet order
- 司令部しれいぶheadquarters
- 指令しれいorders; instructions
- 法令ほうれいlaws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
- 発令はつれいofficial announcement; proclamation
- 司令しれいcommand; control
- 省令しょうれいministerial ordinance
- 辞令じれいnotice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.)
- 令状れいじょうwarrant; summons
- 号令ごうれいorder (esp. to a number of people); command
- 戒厳令かいげんれいmartial law
- 令和れいわReiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
- 令嬢れいじょう(your) daughter; young woman
- 伝令でんれいdelivering an order; dispatch of an order
- 外交辞令がいこうじれいdiplomatic turn of phrase; diplomatic language
- 朝令暮改ちょうれいぼかいan unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
- 至上命令しじょうめいれいunconditional command; must-obey order
- 訓令くんれいdirective; instructions
- かん口令かんこうれいgag order; gag rule
- ご令嬢ごれいじょう(your) daughter; young woman
- ご令息ごれいそくson
- アセンブラ制御命令アセンブラせいぎょめいれいassembler control instruction
- アメリカ極東軍司令部アメリカきょくとうぐんしれいぶFar East Command; FEC
- コンパイラ指示命令コンパイラしじめいれいcompiler-directing statement
- ゼロアドレス命令ゼロアドレスめいれいzero address instruction
- ポツダム命令ポツダムめいれいPotsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration)
- マイクロ命令マイクロめいれいmicroinstruction
- マクロ命令マクロめいれいmacro instruction
- ミラノ勅令ミラノちょくれいEdict of Milan; 313 CE edict that proclaimed religious tolerance in the Roman Empire
- 上からの命令うえからのめいれいorder from above
- 下令かれいgiving an order
- 不正指令電磁的記録ふせいしれいでんじてききろくcomputer virus; malware
- 中止命令ちゅうしめいれいcease and desist order; stay order
- 予令よれいpreparatory command
- 人身保護令状じんしんほごれいじょうwrit of habeas corpus
- 令するれいするto command; to order
- 令兄れいけいyour elder brother
- 令名れいめいgood reputation; fame
- 令和フィーバーれいわフィーバーReiwa fever; elated national mood around the start of the Reiwa era
- 令嗣れいしyour (his) heir
- 令堂れいどうhome; mother
- 令夫人れいふじんMrs; Lady
- 令妹れいまいyour younger sister
- 令姉れいしyour elder sister
- 令姪れいてつyour niece
- 令娘れいじょうyour daughter; young lady
- 令婿れいせいyour son-in-law
- 令孫れいそんyour grandchild
Other readings
- 仮令たとえeven if; no matter (what)
- 律令りつりょうcriminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
- お布令おふれofficial notice
- ストリーミングＳＩＭＤ拡張命令ストリーミングエスアイエムディーかくちょうめいれいStreaming SIMD Extensions; SSE
- 令むしむto make happen (old causative verbal ending)
- 令制りょうせいritsuryo system
- 令制国りょうせいこくsystem of Japanese provinces under the ritsuryo system; ancient provinces of Japan
- 令外の官りょうげのかんgovernment position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryo
- 令外官りょうげのかんgovernment position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryo
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