溧 (Lì): (in 溧水 / 溧阳) name of a river an…

Meanings

1 (in 溧水 / 溧阳) name of a river and places in Jiangsu

Characters

溧

lì

(in 溧水/溧阳) river and place name

Examples

HSK 6

溧阳是江苏省南部的一座城市。

Lì yáng shì Jiāngsū Shěng nánbù de yí zuò chéngshì.

Liyang is a city in southern Jiangsu province.

HSK 7-9

溧水发源于安徽，流入江苏。

Lìshuǐ fāyuán yú Ānhuī, liúrù Jiāngsū.

The Li River flows out of Anhui and into Jiangsu.

Tips

usage

溧 is only a place-name character. It names an old river and the places 溧水 and 溧阳 in Jiangsu, and is not used on its own.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water

氵 is the water radical 水 in three-drop form, fitting 溧 as the name of a river.

phonetic

栗 lì

chestnut

The right side, written as 西 over 木, is the 栗 phonetic, giving the exact sound lì. It carries no meaning in 溧.

Stroke Order

溧 Lì

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