Chinese Character Wiki
戾

lì

bend, violate, transgress

Depicts a dog (犬) bending its body to get out from under a door (户).

Components
户 iconic component

户  Iconic component

hù

  

door

犬 iconic component

犬  Iconic component

quǎn

  

dog

Evolution

戾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戾  

lì

perverse, recalcitrant, rebellious; to bend; to violate; to go against; ruthless and tyrannical

Most common words with 戾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

暴戾

ruthless

戾

to bend

乖戾

perverse (behavior)

凶戾

cruel

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

淚 唳 捩

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤe[t]-s

lejH

lì

transgress


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4232nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+623E

Shuowen

“戾，曲也。从犬出戶下。戾者，身曲戾也。”


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