篱
a fence
16 strokes
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How 篱 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 离 (phonetic, lí)
How to remember it
fence · Heisig RSH #2549
竹 bamboo + 离 leave
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 离
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 离 (lí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 离 sound component | lí | rare beast; strange; elegant |
| 璃 | lí | glass; colored glaze |
| 漓 | lí | dripping water; a river in Guangxi province |
| 魑 | chī | a mountain demon resembling a tiger |
| 樆 | lí | rowan, mountain ash |
| 蓠 | lí | red algae; Gracilaria verrucosa |
| 缡 | lí | bridal veil; to tie, to bind |
| 褵 | lí | bridal veil |
| 螭 | chī | cruel; a young dragon |
Words containing 篱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草绿篱莺 | cǎo lǜ lí yīng | (bird species of China) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida) |
| 寄人篱下 | jì rén lí xià | to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity |
| 赛氏篱莺 | Sài shì lí yīng | (bird species of China) Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) |
| 树篱 | shù lí | hedge |
| 针线箔篱 | zhēn xiàn bó lí | (dialect) wicker sewing basket |
| 傍人篱壁 | bàng rén lí bì | to depend on others |
| 羊触藩篱 | yáng chù fān lí | lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible… |
| 围篱 | wéi lí | fence; paling |
| 靴篱莺 | xuē lí yīng | (bird species of China) booted warbler (Iduna caligata) |
| 笆篱子 | bā lí zi | (dialect) prison |
| 篱垣 | lí yuán | fence; hedge |
| 竹篱笆 | zhú lí bā | fence |
| 箔篱 | bó lí | (dialect) partition or screen made of plaited bamboo (or rushes, grain stalks etc); a weir… |
| 藩篱 | fān lí | hedge; fence; (fig.) barrier |
| 栅篱 | zhà lí | hedge; fence |
| 樊篱 | fán lí | (lit.) fence; hedge; (fig.) restriction |
| 篱笆 | lí ba | fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) |
| 笊篱 | zhào li | strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire) |