历

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calendar

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

厤 meaning “calendar” + 力 sound ( lì )

Components 厂力

experience · Heisig RSH #737

cliff + muscle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
亚历山大里亚	Yà lì shān dà lǐ yà	Alexandria
亚历山大	Yà lì shān dà	Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name)
来历不明	lái lì bù míng	(idiom) of unknown origin; of dubious background
高学历	gāo xué lì	higher education record; record including Master's or Doctoral degree
历下区	Lì xià Qū	Lixia, a district of Jinan City 濟南市\|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong
历城区	Lì chéng Qū	Licheng, a district of Jinan City 濟南市\|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong
行事历	xíng shì lì	calendar; schedule
亚历山大大帝	Yà lì shān dà Dà dì	Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
大明历	Dà míng lì	the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之\|祖冲之
格列高利历	Gé liè gāo lì lì	Gregorian calendar
天路历程	Tiān lù Lì chéng	Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851)
历史学家	lì shǐ xué jiā	historian
历史人物	lì shǐ rén wù	historical person
亚历山大·杜布切克	Yà lì shān dà · Dù bù qiē kè	Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969)
四分历	sì fēn lì	"quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, in use from the Warri…
历史新高	lì shǐ xīn gāo	all-time high
自然历史	zì rán lì shǐ	natural history
历史成本	lì shǐ chéng běn	historic cost (accounting)
学历	xué lì	educational background; academic qualifications
身历声	shēn lì shēng	(Tw) stereophonic sound

Characters sharing the sound component 力 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
力 sound part	lì	strength, power; capability, influence
劣	liè	low-quality, inferior, bad
肋	lèi	ribs; chest
仂	lè	excess, remainder, surplus
艻	lè	sweet basil
阞	lè	sedimentary layer; mineral vein