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戾

lì

Character

What 戾 means

1. to bend
2. to violate
3. to go against
4. ruthless and tyrannical

Words starting with 戾

• 戾气lì qìevil tendencies; vicious currents; antisocial behavior
• 戾龙lì lóngmythical evil serpent; evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12

Words containing 戾

• 暴戾bào lìruthless
• 乖戾guāi lìperverse (behavior); disagreeable (character)
• 凶戾xiōng lìcruel; tyrannical
• 违戾wéi lìto violate; to go against
• 暴戾恣睢bào lì zì suī(idiom) cruel; ruthless; tyrannical
• 怪戾guài lìsee 乖戾

Characters that look like 戾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
• 泉quánspring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 辰chén5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon…
• 庚gēngage; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; seventh in order

Sounds the same

Read lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 力power; force; strength
• 历calendar
• 利sharp; favorable; advantage
• 例example; precedent; rule
• 励to encourage; to urge
• 丽beautiful
• 厉strict; severe
• 立to stand; to set up; to establish
• 粒grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 隶(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate…
• 俐used in 伶俐
• 莉used in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names