U+52D2 "勒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
勒
U+52D2 "勒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to rein in" or "to restrain," often referring to the action of pulling on a horse's reins to control its movement. It can also denote "to compel" or "to force" someone into an action, as well as relate to engraving or carving, such as inscribing text on stone or metal. In historical contexts, it appears in terms like "勒碑" meaning "to carve a stele," and it is used in modern Chinese in words like "勒索" for "blackmail" or "extortion." The character’s structure combines the radical 力 (strength) with the phonetic component 革 (leather), reflecting its original association with leather reins and physical force.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+52D2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 勒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 勒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8B 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x52D2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000052D2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u52d2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0C7 |
| kCCCII | 213432 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-592C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-592C |
| kCangjie | TJKS |
| kCantonese | lak6 |
| kCihaiT | 196.102 |
| kCowles | 2217 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0333.200 |
| kDefinition | strangle, tighten |
| kEACC | 213432 |
| kFanqie | 盧則 |
| kFenn | 105D |
| kFennIndex | 291.01 291.03 291.09 291.12 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4452.7 |
| kGB0 | 3253 |
| kGB1 | 3253 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 0928f |
| kHangul | 늑:0 륵:0N |
| kHanYu | 10374.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | lēi(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10374.010:lè,lēi,lei |
| kHKGlyph | 0388 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0333.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10374.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0148.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4055 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0C7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-7055 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D9C3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-574D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-592C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D45 |
| kJapanese | ロク |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2200 |
| kJapaneseKun | KUTSUWA |
| kJapaneseOn | ROKU |
| kJis0 | 8053 |
| kKangXi | 0148.100 |
| kKarlgren | 523 |
| kKorean | LUK |
| kLau | 1798 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0519 |
| kMandarin | lēi |
| kMatthews | 3841 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1474 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007687 MJ007687:E0101 MJ007688:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 02386 02386:E0101 |
| kNelson | 5089 |
| kPhonetic | 774 801 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7150+19.2.9 C+7150+177.9.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 19.9 |
| kSBGY | 529.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 67.11 765.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | lè粵lak6,laak6 lēi粵lak6,laak6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0519 |
| kTang | lək |
| kTGHZ2013 | 212.050:lè 212.100:lēi |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | lắc |
| kXerox | 251:137 |
| kXHC1983 | 0684.020:lè 0684.070:lēi |