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])
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Dict coverage rank #602 U+52D2
How 勒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
力 (semantic, “strength”) + 革 (phonetic, gé)
How to remember it
tighten · Heisig RSH #1409
革 leather + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 革
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 革 (gé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 革 sound component | gé | leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove |
| 缂 | kè | the woof of a woven item |
| 鞫 | jū | to question, to interrogate |
Words containing 勒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯大林格勒会战 | Sī dà lín gé lè Huì zhàn | 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 | Bù jiā lè sī tè | Bucharest, capital of Romania |
| 斯大林格勒 | Sī dà lín gé lè | Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961) |
| 德勒巴克 | Dé lè bā kè | Drøbak (city in Akershus, Norway) |
| 尼勒克县 | Ní lè kè Xiàn | 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 | Lè sī bō sī | Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean) |
| 勒克斯 | lè kè sī | lux (unit of illuminance) (loanword) |
| 法勒斯 | Fǎ lè sī | Perez (son of Judah) |
| 勒斯波斯岛 | Lè sī bō sī Dǎo | Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean) |
| 加里宁格勒州 | Jiā lǐ níng gé lè zhōu | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| 加勒比海 | Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi | Caribbean Sea |
| 加里宁格勒 | Jiā lǐ níng gé lè | Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic; formerly Königsberg, capital of East … |
| 比勒费尔德 | Bǐ lè fèi ěr dé | Bielefeld (city in Germany) |
| 尼勒克 | Ní lè kè | see 尼勒克縣|尼勒克县[Ni2 le4 ke4 Xian4] |
| 那不勒斯王国 | Nà bù lè sī wáng guó | Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860) |
| 皇家加勒比海游轮公司 | Huáng jiā Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi yóu lún gōng sī | Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines |
| 阿勒泰地区 | Ā lè tài Dì qū | 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 | Lè wéi nà sī | Levinas (philosopher) |
| 加勒比 | Jiā lè bǐ | Caribbean |
| 勒马 | lè mǎ | to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse |