剃发令

Traditional form:

剃髮令

Pinyin (reading):

tìfàlìng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 剃 - to shave
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause

Traditional characters:

• 剃 - to shave
• 髮 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause