荔
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litchi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艸 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 荔
- Common rank
- #2,813
- Unicode
- U+8354
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Formation & memory
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How 荔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 meaning “plant” + 劦 sound ()
Components 艹 劦
Words with 荔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大荔县 | Dali, a county in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 荔城区 | Licheng, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian | |
| 荔波县 | Libo, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 y… | |
| 荔湾区 | Liwan, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 荔浦市 | Lipu, a county-level city in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 大荔 | see 大荔縣|大荔县[Da4 li4 Xian4] | |
| 荔城 | see 荔城區|荔城区[Li4 cheng2 Qu1] | |
| 荔波 | see 荔波縣|荔波县[Li4 bo1 Xian4] | |
| 荔枝核 | seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM) | |
| 荔湾 | see 荔灣區|荔湾区[Li4 wan1 Qu1] | |
| 番荔枝 | custard apple; soursop (Annonaceae) | |
| 荔浦 | see 荔浦市[Li4 pu3 Shi4] | |
| 荔枝 | litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 劦 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劦 sound part | to cooperate, to work together; joint labor | |
| 勰 | peaceful, harmonious |