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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

痢: diarrhea

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

疒 carries the meaning · 利 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リri · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 下痢げりdiarrhea; diarrhoea
  • 赤痢せきりdysentery
  • 疫痢えきりchildren's dysentery

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
痢 diarrhea · 疒
vs梨 pear tree · 木
痢 has 疒 where 梨 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lì

Same form: 痢 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
痢 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
痢 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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