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栎

lì

Character Traditional 櫟

What 栎 means

1. oak
2. Quercus serrata

Words starting with 栎

• 栎树lì shùoak tree

Words containing 栎

• 麻栎má lìsawtooth oak; Quercus acutissima
• 栓皮栎shuān pí lìChinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
• 槲栎hú lìoriental white oak (Quercus aliena)
• 柞栎zuò lìMongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树

Characters built on 乐

These share the phonetic component 乐 (lè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 砾lì(bound form) gravel; small stone
• 轹lìto bully; wheel-rut

Characters that look like 栎

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

• 标biāomark; sign; label
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

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