怜

to pity

怜 = 令 + 忄 : Li Qingzhao (li) got a job as an official working in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She has to slay anyone wearing an imperial name tag (令) with a flail (忄), because the name tag marks them as sentenced to death. Qingzhao likes her new job because she gets to work in a bar, but still sometimes she pities (怜) her victims.

怜 character breakdown

怜
- 令
  - 今
    - 亼
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
    - 亽
      - 丶
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
    - ㇇
  - ㇏
- 忄

令

líng = li + (e)ng2

used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])

令

lǐng = li + (e)ng3

classifier for a ream of paper

令

lìng = li + (e)ng4

to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem

令 = 今 + ㇏ : As a mnemonic symbol, I'm going to use a 令牌, which was a tablet to identify someone as an official sent by the emperor to convey the emperor's orders.

令 = 今 + ㇏ : Li Qingzhao has been sent by the emperor to collect rent from the English, but they are nowhere to be found. Finally, Li Qingzhao arrived at the engine's bathroom, ready to show her 令牌, raise the finger and show to the date of payday on the calendar—if there were anyone in the engine's bathroom.

忄

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.