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濑

lài

Character Traditional 瀨

What 濑 means

1. name of a river
2. rushing of water

Characters built on 赖

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

• 癞làiscabies; skin disease
• 籁làia sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

Characters that look like 濑

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

• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 龌wòdirty; small-minded
• 螨mǎnmite
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鲭qīngmackerel

Sounds the same

Read lài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赖to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad
• 癞scabies; skin disease
• 籁a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds
• 睐to glance; to look askance at
• 赉to bestow; to confer
• 藾(fragrant labiate plant)