Memory phrase for the character: 丽

丽

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Meaning

beautiful, pretty, elegant, fine

Pronunciation

 lí, lì

Explanation

 Top: one/cover 一, below: twice variant of usual 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. superfluous 冗 = A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.]

Mnemonic
 
If you put a cover (tablecloth) over the two scratched tables, they again are beautiful.

Radicals

一 one
凡 ordinaryA table 几 with a scratch 丶 makes it ordinary.
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 Vocabulary

美丽 měi lì  beautiful
绮丽 qǐ lì  beautiful; enchanting
蒋雯丽 Jiǎng Wén lì  Jiang Wenli (1969-), award-winning PRC film actress
玛丽娅 Mǎ lì yà  Maria (name); St Mary
贝娅特丽克丝 Bèi yà tè lí kè sī  Beatrix (name)
血腥玛丽 Xuè xīng Mǎ lì  Bloody Mary
瑰丽 guī lì  elegant; magnificent; exceptionally beautiful
艳丽 yàn lì  gorgeous; garish and beautiful
邓丽君 Dèng Lì jūn  Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol
玛丽 Mǎ lì  Mary or Marie (name); Mali
朱丽叶 Zhū lì yè  Juliet or Juliette (name)
朱丽叶 Zhū lì yè  

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