伶

clever / (old) actor / actress

伶 = 亻 + 令 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to enter engine, but Rosa Luxemburg (亻) won't let her pass the entrance ((e)ng2). Fortunately Li Qingzhao is clever (伶) enough to show Rosa Luxemburg her Ling Pai (令).

伶 character breakdown

伶
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 令
  - 今
    - 亼
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
    - 亽
      - 丶
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
    - ㇇
  - ㇏

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

令

líng = li + (e)ng2

used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])

令

lǐng = li + (e)ng3

classifier for a ream of paper

令

lìng = li + (e)ng4

to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem

令 = 今 + ㇏ : As a mnemonic symbol, I'm going to use a 令牌, which was a tablet to identify someone as an official sent by the emperor to convey the emperor's orders.

令 = 今 + ㇏ : Li Qingzhao has been sent by the emperor to collect rent from the English, but they are nowhere to be found. Finally, Li Qingzhao arrived at the engine's bathroom, ready to show her 令牌, raise the finger and show to the date of payday on the calendar—if there were anyone in the engine's bathroom.