used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
classifier for a ream of paper
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

= + : 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.

= + : 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.

令 character breakdown

now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)

= + : A rip off calendar showing today's date: 今

= + : Joan of Arc has changed into half-duck half-human being and lives in a tipi in front of the encampment. With her beak, she shows a rip off calender with the date of Armageddon: today.
Right-falling stroke

Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.

Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 令 as component

Eurya japonica
Japanese variant of 齡|龄
sound of water flowing
surname Ling
sandfly
wagtail / lark
(literary) (of a woman) intelligent / (used mostly in female names)
used in 囹圄[ling2 yu3]
bamboo screen
(literary) precipitous cliff / (used in place names)

Words with 令

to give an order / to command
to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
inspiring / exciting / rousing
lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
to order again and again (idiom)
to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave
unpleasant / objectionable

Sentences with 令

méi
yǒu
dà
wáng
de
mìng
lìng
 
 
shéi
yě
bù
néng
zǒu