吏 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

officer, an official

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• リJHS

Nanori (used in names)

• さと
• し

Other languages

• 拼音li4
• 한글ri
• Hán-ViệtLại

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

口(くち)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+540F

grid_viewComponents

• ノ
• 一いち
• 丶てん
• 口くち

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻𠂇⿱口乀

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 吏りgovernment official, public official
• 吏員りいん地方公共団体の公務員。official
• 吏臭りしゅうofficialism, red tape
• 吏人りじん官吏や公吏などの役人。officials
• 吏党りとうparty of officials
• 吏道りどう官吏として履行すべき道徳。official ethics
• 吏務りむthe work of officials
• 吏部りぶMinistry of Personnel (Tang dynasty China)
• 吏僚りりょう役人。官吏。public servant, government official
• 吏読りとIdu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(43 results)

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• 史One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

4-6-4

Four Corner

5004.6

Spahn–Hadamitzky

0a6.22

Heisig

748

Nelson

183