丽
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beautiful
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #716 U+4E3D
How 丽 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 麗; the antlers of a deer 鹿
How to remember it
lovely · Heisig RSH #187
helmet + ceiling + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 丽 as their sound component
These characters all use 丽 (lì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丽 sound component | lì | beautiful, elegant, magnificent |
| 鹂 | lí | Chinese oriole; Oriolus oriolus |
| 骊 | lí | a pure-black horse; a pair of horses |
| 俪 | lì | spouse; pair, couple |
| 鲡 | lí | eel |
| 逦 | lǐ | winding, meandering |
| 郦 | lì | a place in Henan province |
| 酾 | shī | to filter, to strain |
Words containing 丽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丽水市 | Lí shuǐ Shì | Lishui, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] |
| 大丽花 | dà lì huā | dahlia (loanword) |
| 风和日丽 | fēng hé rì lì | moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime |
| 天生丽质 | tiān shēng lì zhì | (idiom) to be naturally beautiful; to be born beautiful |
| 东丽区 | Dōng lì qū | Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] |
| 丽江古城 | Lì jiāng gǔ chéng | Lijiang old town (in Yunnan) |
| 丽江市 | Lì jiāng Shì | Lijiang, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 高丽八万大藏经 | Gāo lí Bā wàn Dà zàng jīng | Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the H… |
| 高丽大藏经 | Gāo lí Dà zàng jīng | Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the H… |
| 美丽新世界 | Měi lì Xīn Shì jiè | Brave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎[A1 dao4 si1 · He4 xu1 li2] |
| 高丽王朝 | Gāo lí Wáng cháo | Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392 |
| 高丽菜 | gāo lí cài | cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗[ke1]); Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4] |
| 美丽岛事件 | Měi lì Dǎo Shì jiàn | Kaohsiung Incident (aka Formosa Incident), a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in … |
| 保丽龙 | bǎo lì lóng | styrofoam |
| 丽人 | lì rén | (literary) beautiful woman; belle |
| 丽水 | Lí shuǐ | see 麗水市|丽水市[Li2 shui3 Shi4] |
| 高丽朝 | Gāo lí cháo | Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 |
| 美丽岛 | Měi lì Dǎo | Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given to Taiwan Island by passing P… |
| 高丽 | Gāo lí | Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture |
| 波丽士 | bō lì shì | police (loanword) (Tw) |