勒

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 嘞 𰃃 𱬀

References

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

• Unihan data for U+F952

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

勒

1. (literary) bridle (headgear for a horse)
2. to rein in; to restrain
3. to compel; to force; to coerce
4. to halter; to headstall
5. (literary) to command; to lead; to lay out (forces)
6. (colloquial) to strap tightly; to bind tight; to strangle; to tighten
7. to restrict; to limit
8. (literary) to cut; to carve; to engrave
9. to compile; to bind (to make a book)
10. to write; to draw; to depict
11. to extort; to blackmail
12. to tantalise; to provoke
13. Short for 勒克斯 (lèkèsī, “lux”).
14. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to roll up one's sleeves or trousers
15. (Xiamen Hokkien) to use one's hand to straighten up something
16. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to make a pleat
17. a surname: Zai

Synonyms

• (bridle): 馬籠頭／马笼头 (mǎlóngtou)
• (to compel):

• (to carve):

Compounds

Etymology 2

From 在 (MC dzojX) (Dai, 2004). Compare 哉 > 了. Cognate with Shanghainese 辣.

Pronunciation

Definitions

勒 (Northern Wu)

1. at; in
   • 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.]

     The vase was rolling on the floor and the shoes were removed on the bed.

2. the process of; currently

Synonyms

• (at):

• (the process of):

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

勒

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

Etymology 4

References

• “勒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. halter and bit

Readings

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

Etymology

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勒

Wikipedia ^ja

Middle Chinese 勒 (lək̚)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ろ​く (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

勒(ろく) • (roku) 

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

Hypernyms

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

Coordinate terms

• 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”)

References

Korean

Hanja

勒 (eum 륵 (reuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

勒: Hán Nôm readings: lặc, lắc, lấc, lật, lất

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