沥 — Chinese character
沥
lì
trickle, drip, dregs; to strain
- Pinyin
- lì
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 氵 历
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 历
- Traditional
- 瀝
Common words with 沥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沥青 (瀝青) | lì qīng | asphalt; bitumen |
| 呕心沥血 (嘔心瀝血) | ǒu xīn lì xuè | lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out |
| 淅沥 (淅瀝) | xī lì | (onom.) patter of rain |
| 沥干 (瀝乾) | lì gān | to drain excess liquid from; to drain off (liquid) |
| 披肝沥胆 (披肝瀝膽) | pī gān lì dǎn | (idiom) to be completely honest and sincere; to show wholehearted loyalty |
| 剖肝沥胆 (剖肝瀝膽) | pōu gān lì dǎn | see 披肝沥胆 (pī gān lì dǎn) |
| 滴沥 (滴瀝) | dī lì | to drip (of rainwater) |
| 沥水架 (瀝水架) | lì shuǐ jià | dish rack |
| 沥青铀矿 (瀝青鈾礦) | lì qīng yóu kuàng | pitchblende (uranium ore) |
English words written with 沥
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.