Hanja Analyzer
勒

勒 — reuk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
굴레 륵
Romanization
reuk
English
strangle, tighten
Mandarin
lēi
Japanese on'yomi
ロク
Japanese kun'yomi
くつわ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
力 (19, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+52D2

Parts that make up 勒

  • 革 가죽 혁, 위독해질 극 펴서 말린 짐승 가죽가죽과 가죽으로 만든 것
  • 力 힘 력 힘줄이 선 팔힘과 힘써 하는 일

How 勒 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 勒 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 革, 力.

Korean example words with 勒

  • 늑흔勒痕 Korean gloss: 목을 졸라 죽인 흔적
  • 늑삭勒削 Korean gloss: 남의 머리를 억지로 깎음
  • 늑징勒徵 Korean gloss: 백성들에게서 재물을 강제로 거두어들임
  • 늑장勒葬 Korean gloss: 남의 땅이나 남의 동네 근처에 억지로 장사를 지냄
  • 늑굴하다勒掘 Korean gloss: 남의 무덤을 강제로 파게 하다
  • 늑탈하다勒奪 Korean gloss: 폭력이나 위력을 써서 강제로 빼앗다
  • 미륵상彌勒像 Korean gloss: 미륵보살의 형상
  • 미륵전彌勒殿 Korean gloss: 미륵불을 모신 법당
  • 수륵水勒 Korean gloss: 거친 재갈.
  • 늑령勒令 Korean gloss: 억지로 시킴.
  • 늑사勒辭 Korean gloss: 억지를 쓰는 말.
  • 늑약勒約 Korean gloss: 억지로 맺은 조약.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 勒

  • 弥勒みろく Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
  • 勒ろく bit (horse mouthpiece); second stroke in the Eight Principles of Yong; rightward stroke
  • 馬勒ばろく bridle
  • 鉄勒てつろく Tiele people; a Central Asian Turkic people
  • 勒犬ヌクテー Korean wolf
  • 弥勒仏みろくぶつ Maitreya (Bodhisattva)
  • 勒するろくする to manage; to carve; to write (for posterity)
  • 弥勒菩薩みろくぼさつ Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

Characters sharing the phonetic 勒

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “륵” in Korean.

Other hanja read “륵”

Other hanja with radical 力

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