吏 — kanji meaning “officer”
吏
officer, an official
- Meanings
- officer, an official
- On'yomi
- リ (ri)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- さと、し
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- lì — Chinese character page
Words with 吏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官吏 | かんり kanri | government official; public servant; civil servant |
| 公吏 | こうり kouri | local government official |
| 廷吏 | ていり teiri | court attendant; court clerk; bailiff |
| 吏員 | りいん riin | official |
| 税吏 | ぜいり zeiri | tax collector; tax official |
| 吏読 | りと rito | Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language) |
| 吏部 | りぶ ribu | Ministry of Personnel (Tang dynasty China) |
| 下吏 | かり kari | lower official |
| 刑吏 | けいり keiri | executioner |
| 獄吏 | ごくり gokuri | jailer; gaoler |
| 市吏員 | しりいん shiriin | employee; city official |
| 執達吏 | しったつり shittatsuri | bailiff |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.