bamboo or wooden fence

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

离 sound component

  Sound component

chī

  

leave

Evolution

篱 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
篱 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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bamboo or wooden fence; hedge; a fence

Most common words with 篱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

篱笆

fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)

a fence

寄人篱下

to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

藩篱

hedge

笊篱

strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire)