锂 (lǐ): lithium (chemical element, symb…

Meanings

1 lithium (chemical element, symbol Li)

Characters

锂

lǐ

lithium (single-character element)

Examples

手机电池大多使用锂离子技术。

Shǒujī diànchí dàduō shǐyòng lǐ lízǐ jìshù.

Most smartphone batteries use lithium-ion technology.

锂是最轻的金属元素。

Lǐ shì zuì qīng de jīnshǔ yuánsù.

Lithium is the lightest metallic element.

电动汽车的发展推动了对锂资源的需求。

Diàndòng qìchē de fāzhǎn tuīdòng le duì lǐ zīyuán de xūqiú.

The development of electric vehicles has driven demand for lithium resources.

Tips

memory

锂 uses the metal radical 钅 (jīn). The right side 里 (lǐ) is the phonetic component. Lithium → lǐ — the characters match the sound.

Components

radical

钅 jīn

metal (radical form of 金)

Left-side metal radical, the side-form of 金. Anchors 锂 in the modern element family — every metal element name takes 钅. Lithium is the lightest metal, used in batteries and mood-stabilising drugs; the radical marks it as a metal, the right side gives the sound.

phonetic

里 lǐ

inside; village (here phonetic)

Right side 里 supplies the sound — exact lǐ. Chosen to transliterate the first syllable of lithium (Li). Pure phonetic role; the field-over-earth picture of 里 contributes no meaning. Same single-syllable choice in 锂 follows the modern element-naming pattern of metal radical + matched sound.