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勒

lēi, lè

bridle, rein in, strangle

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 力 represents the sound.

Components
革 meaning component

革  Meaning component

gé

  

leather

力 sound component

力  Sound component

lì

  

power

Evolution

勒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
勒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
勒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
勒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

勒  

lēi

strangle, tighten; to strap tightly; to bind

勒  

lè

to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[lè​kè​sī], lux

Most common words with 勒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

勒

to rein in

巴勒斯坦

Palestine

希特勒

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

勒索

to blackmail

泰勒

Taylor (name)

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

嘞 鳓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤək

lok

lè

engrave

*[r]ˤək

lok

lè

bridle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 24.7958% of movies

881st most common character in movies

966th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+52D2

Shuowen

“勒，馬頭絡銜也。从革，力聲。”


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