吏

吏
lì = li + Ø4
minor government official or functionary (old)
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吏 character breakdown

丈
zhàng = zh + ang4
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
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口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 吏 as component

使
使
shǐ = sh + Ø3
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
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Words with 吏

官
吏
bureaucrat / official
吏
治
style of governing (of minor official) / achievement in office
吏
胥
minor official
吏
部
Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
奸
官
污
吏
traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
属
屬
吏
吏
(old) subordinate / underling
从
從
吏
吏
minor official / to be an official
故
吏
(literary) former subordinate
污
吏
a corrupt official
假
吏
acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times)

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