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Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憐.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangriːn
reːŋ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang