Chinese symbol for “strainer”
笊篱
zhào li
Traditional: 笊籬
strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for strainer is 笊篱 (zhào li), defined as: strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “strainer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 笊篱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篱笆 (籬笆) | lí ba | fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) |
| 藩篱 (藩籬) | fān lí | hedge; fence |
| 寄人篱下 (寄人籬下) | jì rén lí xià | to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity |
| 围篱 (圍籬) | wéi lí | fence; paling |
| 树篱 (樹籬) | shù lí | hedge |
| 绿篱 (綠籬) | lǜ lí | hedge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “strainer”.
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.