沥
to drip; to strain or filter; a trickle
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,260 U+6CA5
How 沥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 历 (phonetic, lì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 历
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 历 (lì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 历 sound component | lì | history; calendar |
| 雳 | lì | thunderclap, crashing thunder |
| 枥 | lì | oak tree; a stable |
| 疬 | lì | scrofulous swellings or lumps |
| 呖 | lì | the sound of something cracking or splitting |
| 坜 | lì | drain, ditch, channel |
| 苈 | lì | magnolia; Drabanemerosa hebecarpa |
Words containing 沥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沥水架 | lì shuǐ jià | dish rack |
| 呕心沥血 | ǒu xīn lì xuè | lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out; blood, swea… |
| 沥干 | lì gān | to drain excess liquid from; to drain off (liquid) |
| 沥青 | lì qīng | asphalt; bitumen; pitch |
| 沥青铀矿 | lì qīng yóu kuàng | pitchblende (uranium ore) |
| 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 dǎn | see 披肝瀝膽|披肝沥胆[pi1 gan1 li4 dan3] |
| 滴沥 | dī lì | to drip (of rainwater) |
| 淅沥 | xī lì | (onom.) patter of rain |