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吏

Reading

Kana: リ
Romaji: ri
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: さと、し
Romaji: sato, shi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

officer, an official

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  4
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  4-6-4
Korean Reading:  ri
Chinese Reading:  li4
Unicode:  540f
JIS:  4D79

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3536
Nelson Index: 183
New Nelson Index: 706
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.22
Four Corner Index: 5004.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1894
Gakken Index: 1911
Japanese Names Index: 329
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3299
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0838
Remembering the kanji Index: 693
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1126
Kodansha Compact Index: 321
Kanji in Context Index: 1883
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2201
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2963
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 700
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 748
Essential Kanji Index: 1684
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4351
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1566
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1067

Words

吏 (り)
government official; public official
吏員 (りいん)
official
貪官汚吏 (たんかんおり、どんかんおり)
corrupt government official
刀筆の吏 (とうひつのり)
minor official
幕吏 (ばくり)
shogunate official
官吏 (かんり)
government official; clerk
吏部 (りぶ、りほう)
Ministry of Personnel (Tang-dynasty China)
廷吏 (ていり)
court attendant; court clerk; bailiff; usher
能吏 (のうり)
able official; capable official
吏人 (りじん)
officials
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