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捩

liè

Character

What 捩 means

1. tear
2. twist

Words containing 捩

• 转捩zhuǎn lièto turn
• 转捩点zhuǎn liè diǎnturning point

Characters that look like 捩

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

• 棘jíthorns
• 梭suō(textiles) shuttle
• 棱léngsquare beam; variant of 棱
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 捱áivariant of 挨
• 掖yēto tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

Sounds the same

Read liè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 列to arrange; to line up; file
• 烈ardent; intense; fierce
• 劣inferior
• 裂to split; to crack; to break open
• 猎hunting
• 冽cold and raw
• 洌pure; to cleanse
• 鬣bristles; mane
• 劦unending exertion
• 趔used in 趔趄
• 埒(literary) equal; enclosure; dike
• 躐step across