Memory phrase for the character: 璃

璃

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Meaning glass, colored glaze

Pronunciation

lí

Explanation

Left: king, jade 王, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺, so that it "leaves" us.) [禺 = scorpion 田,禸 with hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶]

Mnemonic

The king has a pot with scorpions that is made of glass. [Or: The "jade" of the pot with scorpions is: glass.]

Radicals

王	king
离	to part from
禺	Scorpion
㐫	trash can	At the top a cover 亠 and below "fearful 㐫" which is free interpreted as "trash can".
禸	track	Etymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the insect 禺.

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Vocabulary

玻璃	bō li	glass; nylon; plastic
琉璃	liú lí	glazed tile (used on roof of palaces)
琉璃瓦	liú lí wǎ	glazed roof tile
琉璃瓦	liú lí wǎ

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