Chinese symbol for “pebbles”
砾石
lì shí
Traditional: 礫石
gravel; pebbles
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pebbles is 砾石 (lì shí), defined as: gravel; pebbles.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 砾石.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓦砾 (瓦礫) | wǎ lì | rubble; debris |
| 砂砾 (砂礫) | shā lì | grit |
| 沙砾 (沙礫) | shā lì | grains of sand |
| 砾岩 (礫岩) | lì yán | conglomerate (geology) |
| 漂砾 (漂礫) | piāo lì | (geology) glacial erratic; rock transported by a glacier |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pebbles”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.