丽

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beautiful

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 7
Radical: 一 +6
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 麗
Common rank: #716
Unicode: U+4E3D

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 丽 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Simplified form of 麗; the antlers of a deer 鹿

Components 一冂 ×2 丶 ×2

How to remember it

lovely · Heisig RSH #187

helmet + ceiling + a drop of

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 丽

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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)

Sound family

These characters use 丽 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
丽 sound part	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