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藜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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藜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
藜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
藜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
藜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
藜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
藜 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

藜 Stroke Order — How to Write 藜

Stroke Order

藜 is written in 18 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 艹, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

藜 Radical and Character Components

Components:艹黎

藜 is a phono-semantic compound: 艹 (grass) carries the meaning, while 黎 indicates the sound.

Radical: 艹 + 15 more strokes

藜 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • lí

Meanings of 藜 in Chinese

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lí藜

Referring to a type of poisonous perennial herbaceous plant (Veratrum), often used in traditional medicine.
科学家们正在研究这种藜芦的药用价值。
Scientists are currently studying the medicinal value of this Veratrum.
An annual herbaceous plant (Chenopodium album), whose young leaves are edible and stalks can be used for walking sticks. It also refers to coarse food (as in 藜藿 líhuò, coarse fare).
虽然是藜藿之食，但填饱肚子已是万幸。
Although it was coarse fare, it was a blessing to fill one's stomach.

Common Words and Phrases with 藜

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lí藜huò藿
inferior meal, consisting of wild herbs or coarse vegetables
由于家境贫寒，他从小就习惯了以藜藿充饥
Due to his family's poverty, he was accustomed to filling his stomach with wild vegetables and coarse food from a young age.

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Idioms with 藜

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Questions about 藜

What does 藜 mean in Chinese?

藜 (lí) means “Referring to a type of poisonous perennial herbaceous plant (Veratrum), often used in traditional medicine” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 藜?

藜 is pronounced lí in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 藜 have?

藜 has 18 strokes.

How do you write 藜?

藜 is written in 18 strokes, starting from the radical 艹. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 藜?

The radical of 藜 is 艹, and 藜 is a phono-semantic compound.