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砾

lì

Character Traditional 礫

What 砾 means

1. bound formgravel; small stone

Example sentences

• 齐李清理了屋顶的瓦砾。
  Ziri cleaned the debris from the roof.
• 一团尘土与瓦砾腾空而起，在空中盘旋了数分钟。
  A cloud of dust and debris rose and lingered in the sky for a few minutes afterward.

Words starting with 砾

• 砾岩lì yánconglomerate (geology)
• 砾石lì shígravel; pebbles

Words containing 砾

• 瓦砾wǎ lìrubble; debris
• 沙砾shā lìgrains of sand
• 漂砾piāo lì(geology) glacial erratic; rock transported by a glacier
• 砂砾shā lìgrit
• 火山砾huǒ shān lìlapillus; lapilli
• 瓦砾堆wǎ lì duīpile of rubble; debris
• 磨石砂砾mó shí shā lìmillstone grit; coarse sandstone

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.

• 栎lìoak; Quercus serrata
• 轹lìto bully; wheel-rut

Characters that look like 砾

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

• 砸záto smash; to pound; to fail
• 辄zhéthen; at once; always
• 鸸érused in 鸸鹋
• 砺lìgrind; sandstone
• 砚yànink-stone
• 砜fēngsulfone

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