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洌

liè

Character

What 洌 means

1. pure
2. to cleanse

Characters built on 列

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

• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce
• 裂lièto split; to crack; to break open
• 咧liēused in 咧咧; used in 大大咧咧; used in 骂骂咧咧
• 冽liècold and raw
• 趔lièused in 趔趄

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
• 鬣bristles; mane
• 劦unending exertion
• 捩tear; twist
• 趔used in 趔趄
• 埒(literary) equal; enclosure; dike
• 躐step across