懂中文 Dong Chinese

沥

lì

trickle

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 历 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀝.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

历 sound component

历  Sound component

lì

  

history

Evolution

沥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
沥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
沥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

沥 (瀝) 

lì

trickle, drip; strain; dregs; to drip; to strain or filter; a trickle

Most common words with 沥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沥青

asphalt

沥

to drip

呕心沥血

to work one's heart out

淅沥

(onom.) patter of rain

披肝沥胆

lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty