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痢

lì
noun #94,403

Meanings

  1. 1 dysentery

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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.

Tips

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.

Components

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.

Stroke Order

痢 lì