郦

酈
lì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 surname Li (classical)
  2. 2 an ancient place name (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Lì Dàoyuán xiě le zhùmíng de dìlǐ zhùzuò 《 Shuǐjīngzhù 》.
Li Daoyuan wrote the famous geographical work Commentary on the Waterways Classic.

Tips

history
郦 is not a common word in modern Chinese; it is a rare surname and an old place name. It uses 丽 for the sound with the right-side city radical 阝, which marks place and clan names - the same right 阝 seen in 都 and 郑.
culture
The famous bearer is 郦道元, the Northern Wei geographer whose 《水经注》 is a landmark of classical Chinese geography.

Components

radical
阝 yì
city; settlement
Right-side city radical 阝, the standing form of 邑. On the right it marks places and the clan names that come from them, which is exactly how 郦 is used.
phonetic
丽 lì
beautiful
丽 on the left supplies the sound directly (lì). The traditional form wrote the fuller 麗 here.

Stroke Order

郦 lì