痢 (lì): dysentery

Meanings

喝不干净的水可能得痢疾。

Hē bù gānjìng de shuǐ kěnéng dé lìji.

Drinking unclean water can cause dysentery.

孩子拉痢疾，被送进了医院。

Háizi lā lìji, bèi sòng jìn le yīyuàn.

The child had diarrhea and was taken to the hospital.

usage

痢 is bound and used almost only in 痢疾 (dysentery), an intestinal infection with severe diarrhea. The second syllable is usually toneless in speech.

radical

疒 nè

illness; sickness

The sickness radical, wrapping the top and left like a person leaning on a bed. It marks the character as a disease. It groups 痢 with 病, 疼, and 疫.

phonetic

利 lì

phonetic component

Sits inside the sickness frame and supplies the sound, read identically as lì. It works purely as a pronunciation marker for this disease name.

痢 lì