勒 (lè): (literary) bridle, halter, headstall, to rein in, to compel, to force
勒 (lè) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) bridle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 革 (phonetic) and 力 (semantic). It ranks #966 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 勒 strength. Its radical form 力 (power) appears in many related characters such as 动 (dòng, (of sth) to move), 力 (lì, power), 办 (bàn, to take care of (a matter)).
Definitions
- (literary) bridle
- halter
- headstall
- to rein in
- to compel
- to force
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 希特勒 | xī tè lè | Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) |
| 泰勒 | tài lè | Taylor (name) |
| 勒索 | lè suǒ | to blackmail |
| 加勒比 | jiā lè bǐ | Caribbean |
| 俄勒冈州 | é lè gāng zhōu | Oregon |
| 俄勒冈 | é lè gāng | Oregon |
| 巴勒斯坦 | bā lè sī tǎn | Palestine |
| 那不勒斯 | nà bù lè sī | Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy |
| 拿撒勒 | ná sǎ lè | Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine) |
| 敲诈勒索 | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
| 洛克菲勒 | luò kè fēi lè | Rockefeller |
| 勒令 | lè lìng | to order |
| 克莱斯勒 | kè lái sī lè | Chrysler (car manufacturer) |
| 托勒密 | tuō lè mì | Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC |
| 马勒 | mǎ lè | Mahler (name) |
勒 appears in 100 compound words: 21 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 45 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 勒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (20)
Holingol (a county-level city of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Leningrad; Leningrad (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Saint Petersburg)
Holingol (a county-level city of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Leningrad; Leningrad (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Saint Petersburg)
Showing 12 of 20 idioms containing 勒.
Example Sentences
写好勒字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo lè zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "勒" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
男性性功能检查是怎么检查的?阴茎血流多普勒超声疼吗
nán xìng xìng gōng néng jiǎn chá shì zěn má jiǎn chá de ? yīn jīng xiě liú duō pǔ lè chāo shēng téng ma
How is the male sexual function test checked? Does penile blood flow Doppler ultrasound hurt?
法国凡尔赛宫主席勒里博出任卢浮宫博物馆馆长
fǎ guó fán ěr sài gōng zhǔ xí lè lǐ bó chū rèn 卢 fú gōng bó wù guǎn guǎn cháng
Leribault, chairman of the Palace of Versailles in France, became the director of the Louvre Museum
独家》网恋台湾女视讯录“性影像”勒索 中国男疑设断点逃追查
dú jiā wǎng liàn tái wān nǚ shì xùn lù xìng yǐng xiàng lè suǒ zhōng guó nán yí shè duàn diǎn táo zhuī chá
Exclusive" online love Taiwanese female video recording "sexual image" blackmail Chinese man suspected of setting up a breakpoint to escape investigation
联储局沃勒指当局须谨慎部署采用AI技术
lián chǔ jú wò lè zhǐ dāng jú xū jǐn shèn bù shǔ cǎi yòng A I jì shù
Federal Reserve Waller said that authorities must be cautious in deploying AI technology
3月会降息吗?Fed理事华勒:像掷硬币
3 yuè huì jiàng xī ma ? F e d lǐ shì huá lè : xiàng zhì yìng bì
Will there be a rate cut in March? Fed Governor Waller: It's like flipping a coin
海伦凯勒眼盲，耳聋，又哑。
Hǎilún kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng, yòu yā.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
海伦·凯勒眼盲、耳聋并且不能说话。
Hǎilún · kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng bìngqiě bù néng shuōhuà.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and mute.
耶路撒冷是巴勒斯坦的首都。
Yēlùsālěng shì Bālèsītǎn de shǒudū.
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.
加里宁格勒旧称为哥尼斯堡。
Jiālǐnínggélè jiùchēng wèi Gēnísībǎo.
Kaliningrad was once called Koenigsberg.
Character Family
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