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沥

lì

Character Traditional 瀝

What 沥 means

1. to drip
2. to strain or filter
3. a trickle

Words starting with 沥

• 沥青lì qīngasphalt; bitumen; pitch
• 沥干lì gānto drain
• 沥水架lì shuǐ jiàdish rack
• 沥青铀矿lì qīng yóu kuàngpitchblende (uranium ore)

Words containing 沥

• 呕心沥血ǒu xīn lì xuèlit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out…
• 淅沥xī lì(onomatopoeia) patter of rain
• 滴沥dī lìto drip (of rainwater)
• 披肝沥胆pī gān lì dǎn(idiom) to be completely honest and sincere; to show wholehearted loyalty
• 剖肝沥胆pōu gān lì dǎnsee 披肝沥胆

Characters built on 历

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

• 雳lìused in 霹雳
• 枥lìtype of oak; stable (for horses)
• 呖lìsound of splitting; cracking
• 疬lìused in 瘰疬
• 坜lìhole, pit
• 苈lìDrabanemerosa hebecarpa

Characters that look like 沥

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

• 西xīwest
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 删shānto delete
• 劾héto impeach
• 驸fùprince consort

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