痢 Stroke Order — How to Write 痢

Stroke Order

痢 is written in 12 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 疒, 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.

痢 Radical and Character Components

Components:疒利

痢 is a phono-semantic compound: 疒 (sickness) carries the meaning, while 利 indicates the sound.

Radical: 疒 + 7 more strokes

痢 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Meanings of 痢 in Chinese

lì痢

Dysentery, a medical term in traditional Chinese medicine, often categorized by symptoms (e.g., bloody, mucous, or a combination).

这种草药对治疗痢疾有很好的效果。

This herbal medicine is very effective in treating dysentery.

Dysentery: an infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the intestines, causing frequent, bloody, and mucous stools, abdominal pain, and fever.

那个孩子因为得了痢疾，肚子疼了一整天。

That child suffered from abdominal pain all day because of dysentery.

When pronounced 'lì' in 'lā lì' (瘌痢), it refers to a type of scabby skin disease, often ringworm, especially on the scalp, causing hair loss.

那个孩子头上的瘌痢还没有好。

That child's ringworm on their head hasn't healed yet.

Common Words and Phrases with 痢

lì痢jí疾

Dysentery is an infectious disease of the intestines characterized by severe diarrhea, often with blood or mucus in the stools, abdominal pain, and tenesmus, typically caused by bacteria or protozoa transmitted through contaminated food or water.