璃
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(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. [li4]; variant of 璃[li2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 玉 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 璃
- Common rank
- #1,905
- Unicode
- U+7483
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 璃
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有机玻璃 | plexiglass | |
| 中空玻璃 | double glazing | |
| 钢化玻璃 | reinforced glass | |
| 不碎玻璃 | shatterproof or safety glass | |
| 水玻璃 | (chemistry) water glass | |
| 玻璃市 | Perlis, state of Malaysia adjacent to Thailand, capital Kangar 加央[Jia1 yang1] | |
| 玻璃水 | windshield washer fluid | |
| 玻璃心 | (slang) overly sensitive; butthurt | |
| 玻璃化 | vitrification | |
| 玻璃体 | vitreous humor | |
| 玻璃纤维 | fiberglass; glass fiber | |
| 玻璃管 | glass tube | |
| 玻璃球 | a marble (used in games) | |
| 风档玻璃 | windscreen (car window) | |
| 挡风玻璃 | windshield; wind screen | |
| 毛玻璃 | frosted glass | |
| 玻璃纸 | cellophane | |
| 磨砂玻璃 | frosted glass | |
| 玻璃钢 | glass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass | |
| 琉璃塔 | glazed pagoda |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 离 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 离 sound part | rare beast; strange; elegant | |
| 篱 | bamboo fence; fence, hedge | |
| 漓 | dripping water; a river in Guangxi province | |
| 魑 | a mountain demon resembling a tiger | |
| 樆 | rowan, mountain ash | |
| 蓠 | red algae; Gracilaria verrucosa | |
| 缡 | bridal veil; to tie, to bind | |
| 褵 | bridal veil | |
| 螭 | cruel; a young dragon |