Chinese Character 沥 Meanings and components.

Form

沥

Meaning

沥 meaning[3] in English

To Drip.

To Strain Or Filter.

A Trickle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and old variant of … (历)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EMKS

How to write 沥

To write沥li4to drip you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 历li4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 历 = 沥

沥 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 沥 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 沥, looks as follow:

沥
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Drip . To Strain Or Filter . A Trickle
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
历
Pinyin:li4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 曆|历[Li4] . Old Variant Of 歷|历[Li4]
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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