吏
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minor government official or functionary (old)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 +3
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 吏
- Common rank
- #2,721
- Unicode
- U+540F
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Formation & memory
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Words with 吏
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奸官污吏 | traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption | |
| 吏治 | style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office | |
| 贪官污吏 | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption | |
| 吏部 | Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China) | |
| 官吏 | bureaucrat; official | |
| 假吏 | acting magistrate; temporary official (in former times) | |
| 故吏 | (literary) former subordinate | |
| 从吏 | minor official; to be an official | |
| 属吏 | (old) subordinate; underling | |
| 赃官污吏 | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption | |
| 污吏 | a corrupt official | |
| 狱吏 | prison guard; jailer (old) | |
| 蠹吏 | corrupt officials | |
| 吏胥 | minor official | |
| 胥吏 | low-level government official (in former times) |