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[lēi] 勒​ fasten [] ​勒​ bit/bridle (of a horse); 勒​ rein in, control; 勒​ compel, 勒​ extort; ​勒 basil; (HDZ:) … [le] ​勒, ​勒​ [lèi] cf. ​

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹lēi {D} v. tie/strap sth. tight
²lè {E} b.f.bridle ►mǎlèzi 马勒子rein in ►lèmǎ 勒马force ►lèsuǒ 勒索char. ►kēlesù 颏勒嗉 ►bīlè 逼勒

The Shuōwén Seal form of 勒(​􀞹) lēi ‘bit/bridle (of a horse)’ combines ​ (gé) ‘leather’ (strip/thong), and ​(​􂛸𠠲) lì ‘strength/strong’ (phonosemantic).
    Note: SW glosses 勒 with ​, cf. ​/​, ​𦌱(​􁓦􁓧𦍊): ​ (cf. ​ ‘reins’); ​, ​.
    Compare: ​/​(​􀲿) lóng ‘basket/cage’; ​ ‘horse's bridle’; ​/​(​􂟛) xián ‘(metal) bridle bit’; ​/​/​𦆕(​􂔔) pèi ‘reins/bridle (of a horse)’.
    HDZ: 勒 : lè : ​; ​ (​勒​); ​, ​, ​ (​); ​, ​; ​, ​, ​ (勒​, 勒​); ​, ​ (勒​, 勒​); ​; ​; ​; (​) (​) ​; (​) (​) ​; (​); ​ (lèi): ​; (​) • lēi : ​, ​, ​; ​、​、​ (​线, 勒​) • lei : ​: (​)
    HDC: ​ : ​
►references: Karlgren:GSR928f; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.374.1; Mathews:3841; Guǎngyùn:529.16; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:148.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:182.1.09; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: lahk-
Shuōwén: ​􀞹(勒)
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