勒
lēi
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(literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 力 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 勒
- Common rank
- #602
- Unicode
- U+52D2
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Formation & memory
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Words with 勒
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯大林格勒会战 | Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943); also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役 | |
| 布加勒斯特 | Bucharest, capital of Romania | |
| 斯大林格勒 | Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961) | |
| 德勒巴克 | Drøbak (city in Akershus, Norway) | |
| 尼勒克县 | Nilka, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 … | |
| 勒斯波斯 | Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean) | |
| 勒克斯 | lux (unit of illuminance) (loanword) | |
| 法勒斯 | Perez (son of Judah) | |
| 勒斯波斯岛 | Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean) | |
| 加里宁格勒州 | Kaliningrad Oblast | |
| 加勒比海 | Caribbean Sea | |
| 加里宁格勒 | Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic; formerly Königsberg, capital of East … | |
| 比勒费尔德 | Bielefeld (city in Germany) | |
| 尼勒克 | see 尼勒克縣|尼勒克县[Ni2 le4 ke4 Xian4] | |
| 那不勒斯王国 | Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860) | |
| 皇家加勒比海游轮公司 | Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines | |
| 阿勒泰地区 | Altay, prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 … | |
| 勒维纳斯 | Levinas (philosopher) | |
| 加勒比 | Caribbean | |
| 勒马 | to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 革 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 革 sound part | leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove | |
| 缂 | the woof of a woven item | |
| 鞫 | to question, to interrogate |