莅 (lì): river in Hebei

莅 (lì) is a Chinese character meaning “river in hebei.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural) and 位 (structural). It ranks #3107 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 莅 a place 位 where grass 艹 grows; 立 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 草 (cǎo, grass), 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 艹 grass10 strokesFrequency #3107艹 structural位 structural

Definitions

  1. river in Hebei

Etymology & Origin

莅

ideographicA place 位 where grass 艹 grows; 立 also provides the pronunciation

Decomposition: ⿱艹位 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:艹structural位structural

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
莅临lì línto arrive (esp. of notable person)
莅事者lì shì zhělocal administrative official (in imperial China)
莅临指导lì lín zhǐ dǎo(of a notable person etc) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance (idiom)
莅会lì huìto be present at a meeting
莅任lì rènto attend
莅止lì zhǐto approach
6
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

莅 appears in 6 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 莅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

县xiàn
0.5546,972 co-occurrences
省shěng
0.4523,240 co-occurrences
社shè
0.4463,468 co-occurrences
临lín
0.417684 co-occurrences
市shì
0.4023,480 co-occurrences
丐gài
0.38736 co-occurrences
渊yuān
0.32130 co-occurrences
迁qiān
0.315120 co-occurrences
坊fāng
0.31496 co-occurrences
芒máng
0.30748 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们莅字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men lì zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "莅."

Character Family

艹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the grass radical

菜cài草cǎo茶chá花huā节jié苦kǔ蓝lán落luò苏sū药yào

Related Characters

草cǎo花huā茶chá菜cài药yào苦kǔ落luò蓝lán节jié苏sū

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 莅 (lì) mean in Chinese?
莅 (lì) primarily means "river in hebei." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3107 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 莅 have?
莅 is written with 10 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 莅?
The radical associated with 莅 is 艹 (grass). This radical appears in many characters related to grass.
What are the components of 莅?
莅 is composed of: 艹 (structural), 位 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱艹位 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 莅?
Common words with 莅 include: 莅临 (lì lín, "to arrive (esp. of notable person)"); 莅事者 (lì shì zhě, "local administrative official (in imperial China)"); 莅临指导 (lì lín zhǐ dǎo, "(of a notable person etc) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance (idiom)"); 莅会 (lì huì, "to be present at a meeting"); 莅任 (lì rèn, "to attend"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
Is 莅 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 莅 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.