蛎 — Chinese character
蛎
lì
oyster
- Pinyin
- lì
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 虫 厉
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mollusk; meaning component 虫; sound component 厉
- Traditional
- 蠣
- Japanese
- 蛎 as a kanji
Common words with 蛎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牡蛎 (牡蠣) | mǔ lì | oyster |
| 蛤蛎 (蛤蠣) | gé lì | clam; same as 蛤蜊 (gé lí) |
| 海蛎 (海蠣) | hǎi lì | oyster |
| 海蛎子 (海蠣子) | hǎi lì zi | oyster |
| 蛎鹬 (蠣鷸) | lì yù | (bird species of China) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
| 蛎黄 (蠣黃) | lì huáng | the flesh of oyster; marinated oyster meat |
English words written with 蛎
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.