藜(lí)

18 strokes

name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)

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Character information

Pinyin
lí
Meaning
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
Strokes
18
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 藜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱艹黎

In this compound, the meaning comes from 艹 (grass); 黎 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

艹ǎo黎lí

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 藜 step by step

18 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 藜

Common words using 藜 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jí蒺lí藜

(botany) caltrop; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); barbed object

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lí藜mài麦

quinoa

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tiě铁jí蒺lí藜

(military) caltrop

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gēng羹lí藜hán含qiǔ糗

nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet

Open 羹藜含糗 page →

Related characters

From 藜’s common words

蒺麦铁羹含糗

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