勒戒 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

lèjiè

enforce abstinence

lēi bridle, rein in, strangle

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 力 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé leather

力 Sound component

lì, li power

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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嘞鳓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lok	[r]ˤək	engrave
	lok	[r]ˤək	bridle

說文解字

《說文》：“勒，馬頭絡銜也。从革，力聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jiè warn

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a weapon (戈) guarding against danger.

Components

戈 Meaning component

gē spear

廾 Meaning component

gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

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械诫誡

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诫誡

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	keajH	kˤrək-s (~ kˤrək)	be on guard

說文解字

《說文》：“戒，警也。从廾持戈，以戒不虞。”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

勒 lēi bridle, rein in, strangle

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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戒 jiè warn

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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lēi bridle, rein in, strangle

jiè warn