粒
grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc); (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,270 U+7C92
How 粒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
米 (semantic, “grain”) + 立 (phonetic, lì)
How to remember it
grain · Heisig RSH #2039
米 rice + vase
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 立
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 立 (lì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立 sound component | lì | to stand; to establish, to set up |
| 拉 | lā | to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) |
| 泣 | qì | to cry, to sob, to weep |
| 垃 | lā | garbage, refuse, trash, waste |
| 飒 | sà | bleak; melancholy; the howl of the wind |
| 昱 | yù | bright, dazzling; sunlight |
| 笠 | lì | bamboo hat; bamboo covering |
| 翊 | yì | flying; to assist, to help; to respect |
Words containing 粒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粒子物理学 | lì zǐ wù lǐ xué | particle physics |
| 阿尔法粒子 | ā ěr fǎ lì zǐ | alpha particle (helium nucleus) |
| 粒子物理 | lì zǐ wù lǐ | particle physics |
| 基本粒子 | jī běn lì zǐ | elementary particle (particle physics) |
| 带电粒子 | dài diàn lì zǐ | electrically charged particles |
| 高能粒子 | gāo néng lì zǐ | high energy particle |
| 粒子加速器 | lì zǐ jiā sù qì | particle accelerator |
| 中心粒 | zhōng xīn lì | (cell biology) centriole |
| 多粒子 | duō lì zǐ | many-particle (physics) |
| 波粒二象性 | bō lì èr xiàng xìng | wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics |
| 粒子流 | lì zǐ liú | stream of particles; particle flow |
| 线粒体 | xiàn lì tǐ | mitochondrion |
| 反粒子 | fǎn lì zǐ | antiparticle (physics) |
| 希格斯粒子 | Xī gé sī lì zǐ | Higgs particle (particle physics) |
| 中性粒细胞 | zhōng xìng lì xì bāo | neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell) |
| 美粒果 | Měi lì guǒ | Minute Maid (brand) |
| 微粒体 | wēi lì tǐ | microsome |
| 粒白细胞 | lì bái xì bāo | white granulocyte (blood cell) |
| 脱粒机 | tuō lì jī | threshing machine |
| 玉米粒 | yù mǐ lì | corn kernel |