司令

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 司令 (しれい) combines administration 司 and order 令 to denote a command or set of orders.
• Basic usage: It directs a unit to change deployment and can be relayed to subordinate units by messenger.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The order versus the commander
  • In these uses, 司令 is the instruction being transmitted; a person holding command requires a different syntactic context.