勒

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

• 嘞

• KangXi: 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

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 勒克斯／勒克司 (lèkèsī, “lux”).
13. a surname

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

勒 (Suzhou 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

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 (lək̚)

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

勒(ろく) • (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 (eum 륵 (reuk))

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

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