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砾

礫
lì
noun #86,997

Meanings

  1. 1 gravel
  2. 2 small stones

Examples

HSK 7-9
大风卷起飞沙走砾，睁不开眼。
Dàfēng juǎn qǐ fēi shā zǒu lì, zhēng bù kāi yǎn.
The wind whipped up sand and stones, making it hard to open one's eyes.
HSK 7-9
铁轨下面铺着一层沙砾。
Tiěguǐ xiàmian pū zhe yì céng shālì.
There is a layer of gravel under the railway tracks.

Tips

usage
砾 is a bound form for small loose stones. You meet it in 沙砾 (sand and gravel) and 瓦砾 (rubble, broken tiles after destruction).

Components

radical
石 shí
stone; rock
The stone radical, picturing a rock at a cliff foot. It marks 砾 firmly as a kind of stone, here the small, loose, scattered kind.
phonetic
乐 lè
happy; music
Supplies the sound. The traditional form used 樂 as phonetic; in the simplified 砾 the contracted 乐 still carries the lì reading.

Stroke Order

砾 lì