Chinese Character Wiki
詈

lì

scold

Depicts using words (言) to catch (网) someone.

Components
网 meaning component

网  Meaning component

wǎng

  

net

言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

Evolution

詈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
詈 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
詈 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
詈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

詈  

lì

scold, abuse verbally, curse; to curse; to scold

Most common words with 詈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

詈

to curse

詈骂

to abuse

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.raj-s

ljeH

lì

revile


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4626th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+8A48

Shuowen

“詈，罵也。从网，从言。网辠人。”


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