Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "蠡", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "蠡", and master the standard way of writing the character "蠡".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 蠡
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蠡" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
蠡 [lǐ]
1. Insect eating wood; extended meaning refers to the state of an object becoming worn out and on the verge of breaking due to prolonged use.
蠡 [lǐ]
动
虫蛀木 (eat; insect eats wood). Extended meaning refers to an object that has worn down over time and is about to break.
【引】
1. "Shuowen" says: 蠡, refers to insects gnawing at wood. Duan Yucai noted: "蠡 means 刺, like cutting objects with a knife."
2. "Mengzi": to chase after 蠡.
【用法】
1. Name of a person or place.
2. Refer to: lí; luó.
Examples:
- 范蠡 (Fan Li, a minister of the Kingdom of Yue at the end of the Spring and Autumn period)
- 蠡县 (Li County in central Hebei Province)
- 蠡湖 (Lake Li in southeastern Wuxi, Jiangsu)
蠡 [lí]
1. Dip made from calabash.
2. Refer to: lǐ; luó.
蠡 [lí]
名
1. 瓠瓢, used in context to mean a dipper made from a calabash ([En.] calabash shell serving as dipper).
【引】
1. "The Book of Han" states: to measure the sea with a 蠡.
【用法】
- 蠡升 (a dipper that holds one liter)
- 蠡帽 (a protective cap similar to a calabash, named for its shape)
- 蠡勺 (a scoop)
- 蠡见 (a metaphor for superficial understanding)
- 蠡酌管窥 (using a dipper to gauge the sea, and looking at the sky through a bamboo tube. This metaphor indicates limited perspective and understanding of a situation).
蠡 [luó]
1. Refers to "蠃". A type of wasp ([En.] eumenid).
蠡 [luó]
名
1. 通“蠃”. 蜾蠃 ([En.] eumenid).
【引】
1. "Han Dynasty" - Ban Zhao's "Eastern Expedition": Surely it doesn't climb the tree and strike the 蠡, gaining nothing by exerting effort to chase after it. Note: "蠡 and 蠃 are ancient characters used interchangeably."
2. Refer to: lí; lǐ.