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勒
lè
1. to rein in
2. to compel
3. to force
4. to carve
5. to engrave
6. (literary) to command
7. to lead
8. lux (unit of illumination)
9. (literary) bridle
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

勒
lēi
to strangle; to tighten
11 丶

Compound Words (20)

克勒
Kèlè
Keller or Köhler (name)
勒令
lèlìng
to order
勒戒
lèjiè
to force sb to give up (a drug)
勒毙
lēibì
to strangle or throttle to death
勒死
lēisǐ
to strangle
勒杀
lēishā
to strangle
勒索
lèsuǒ
to blackmail
勒紧
lēijǐn
to tighten
勒逼
lèbī
to coerce
勒马
lèmǎ
to rein in a horse
勒庞
LèPáng
Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician
勾勒
gōulè
to draw the outline of
吉勒
Jílè
Gilles (name)
席勒
Xílè
Schiller (name)
弥勒
Mílè
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
格勒
gélè
(onom.) laughing sound
泰勒
Tàilè
Taylor (name)
疏勒
Shūlè
Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar
石勒
ShíLè
Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms [[後趙|后赵]] (319-350)
策勒
Cèlè
Chira Nahiyisi

Alternate Entries

勒
lēi
to strap tightly / to bind

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
965
Word Frequency Rank
686 of 84,292