Memory phrase for the character: 聆

聆

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Meaning

apprehend, hear, listen

Pronunciation

líng

Explanation

 Left: ear 耳, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered) - (cf. bell 铃)

Mnemonic
 
The ear is ordered to: apprehend / hear.

Radicals

耳 earShows the picture of an ear (auricle / pinna)
令 order, commandBased on "bell 铃 líng", this radical 令 can also be understood as a picture of a bell: (The sound of) the bell with the bell mallet マ gives now 今 the command (e.g. to come)




 Vocabulary

聆听 líng tīng  listen (respectfully)
聆讯 líng xùn  hearing (law)
 

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