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

Meanings

溧阳是江苏省南部的一座城市。

Lì yáng shì Jiāngsūshěng nánbù de yí zuò chéngshì.

Liyang is a city in southern Jiangsu province.

溧水发源于安徽，流入江苏。

Lìshuǐ fā yuán yú Ānhuī, liúrù Jiāngsū.

The Li River flows out of Anhui and into Jiangsu.

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.

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.

溧 lì