Dictionary › 剃发令

剃发令

tì fà lìng

3-character word Traditional 剃髮令

What 剃发令 means

1. the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

The characters in 剃发令

• 剃tìto shave
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 令lìngto order; to command; an order

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tì fà lìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.