戾 — Chinese character
戾
lì
perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant
- Pinyin
- lì
- Radical
- 63 ⼾ (Door)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 户 犬
- Formation
- ideographic — A dog 犬 that won't come indoors 户
Common words with 戾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴戾 | bào lì | ruthless |
| 乖戾 | guāi lì | perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character) |
| 凶戾 (兇戾) | xiōng lì | cruel; tyrannical |
| 怪戾 | guài lì | see 乖戾 (guāi lì) |
| 戾气 (戾氣) | lì qì | evil tendencies; vicious currents |
| 戾龙 (戾龍) | lì lóng | mythical evil serpent; evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12 |
| 暴戾恣睢 | bào lì zì suī | (idiom) cruel; ruthless; tyrannical |
| 违戾 (違戾) | wéi lì | to violate; to go against |
戾 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 3 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 17.16
- Mencius 3A.3
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- The Great Learning Passage 11
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 12
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