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traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
力 革 ⿰革力
Mandarin
le4, lei1, le1, ye4
English
Definitions
strangle; rein in; to force; to carve; tighten
Mnemonic
A leather 革 strap that gives force 力 to one’s commands