TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
命令
ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ · mìnglìng
noun/verb — command; order; to command; to order
字源 FORM — what the parts do
命life; fate; command (命運的命)mìng亼 (to gather/converge) + 口 (mouth) + 卩 (kneeling person): a voice descending to someone kneeling — the utterance that shapes destiny
令order; command (命令的令)lìng亼 (gathering/directing downward) + 口 (mouth): a voice gathered and directed — the formal order from above
命令，命運的命，命令的令。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
口從上呼（命/令皆有口），卩者在下跪聽（命）——一呼一跪，命令成立。
The mouth calls from above (both 命 and 令 carry 口); the kneeling figure (卩 in 命) receives it below — one call, one kneel: the command is given.
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