The kanji 吏: meaning, readings and stroke order

吏

Meaning: official
On reading: リ ri
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: quan lại, viên chức (lại)
Japanese: やくにん。
Korean: 벼슬아치, 관리 (리·이)
Chinese: 官吏、官员

Readings, words and example sentences

リ ri · on reading · less common

官かん吏り
government official
むかしの 官かん吏りの制度を学びます。
We learn about the old system of government officials.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.