勒

勒 (radical 19, 力+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿十大尸 (TJKS), four-corner 4452₇, composition ⿰革力)

• KangXi: page 148, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2386
• Dae Jaweon: page 333, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 374, character 1
• Unihan data for U+52D2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯːɡ) : semantic 革 + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ).

勒

1. bridle (with a bit)
2. to rein in; to restrain
3. to command; to lead; to lay out (forces)
4. (colloquial) to strap tightly; to bind tight; to strangle; to tighten
5. to restrict; to limit
6. to compel; to force
7. to cut; to carve; to engrave
8. to compile; to bind (to make a book)
9. to write; to draw; to depict
10. to extort; to blackmail
11. to tantalise; to provoke
12. Short for 勒克司 (“lux”).
13. A surname​.
14. (Suzhou) at
    • 1981 [1945–1950], 倪海曙 (Ni Haishu), “太太走出廚房（蘇州話）”, in 雜格嚨咚 (Zagelongdong), 生活·讀書·新知三聯書店, reprint of 雜格嚨咚集 by 倪海曙, page 20:

      花瓶滾勒地下，皮鞋脫勒床浪。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
      花瓶滚勒地下，皮鞋脱勒床浪。 [Suzhounese, simp.]

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勒

1. Alternative form of 嘞 (lei, “modal particle”).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. halter and bit

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: ろく (roku)
• Kun: くつわ (kutsuwa, 勒)

Middle Chinese 勒

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ろ​く [róꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

勒 (hiragana ろく, rōmaji roku)

1. bit (metal in horse's mouth)
2. headstall
3. the second of the Eight Principles of Yong

• 永 (えい)字 (じ)八 (はっ)法 (ぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

• 側 (そく) (soku, “the first of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努 (ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯 (てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 策 (さく) (saku, “the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 掠 (りゃく) (ryaku, “the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄 (たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 磔 (たく) (taku, “the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

勒 • (reuk) (hangeul 륵)

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勒 (lặc)

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