Chinese symbol for “halter”
勒
lè
(literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave
The closest CC-CEDICT match for halter is 勒 (lè), defined as: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯 (lè kè sī)).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “halter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 勒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勒索 | lè suǒ | to blackmail; to extort |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of; to outline |
| 勒令 | lè lìng | to order; to force |
| 格勒 | gé lè | (onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha! |
| 勒死 | lēi sǐ | to strangle |
| 敲诈勒索 (敲詐勒索) | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “halter”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.