砾
(bound form) gravel; small stone
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,339 U+783E
How 砾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “stone”) + 乐 (phonetic, lè)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乐 (lè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乐 sound component | lè | cheerful, happy, laughing; music |
| 栎 | lì | chestnut-leaved oak |
| 铄 | shuò | to melt, to smelt; polish, shine |
| 泺 | luò | a river in Shandong province |
| 跞 | lì | to walk, to move |
| 轹 | lì | to run over something in a vehicle |
Words containing 砾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火山砾 | huǒ shān lì | lapillus; lapilli |
| 磨石砂砾 | mó shí shā lì | millstone grit; coarse sandstone |
| 砾石 | lì shí | gravel; pebbles |
| 瓦砾堆 | wǎ lì duī | pile of rubble; debris |
| 沙砾 | shā lì | grains of sand |
| 瓦砾 | wǎ lì | rubble; debris |
| 砾岩 | lì yán | conglomerate (geology) |
| 砂砾 | shā lì | grit |
| 漂砾 | piāo lì | (geology) glacial erratic; rock transported by a glacier |