粒

lì

grain; granule; pellet; particle

Radical: 米 Strokes: 11 HSK 7-9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

精米类粉糖粮粗粟糊粥糟糕

Same radical

精米类粉糖粮粗粟糊粥糟糕糜粘粹

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Character Decomposition

粒=米+立

Etymology

grain

Meanings

grain; granule; pellet; particle

classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

(Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)

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Words with 粒 96 total

kernel · granule · granulated (sugar, chemical product)颗粒kē lì (elementary) particle · grain粒子lì zǐ grain of rice · granule米粒mǐ lì grain of wheat麦粒mài lì to thresh脱粒tuō lì seed子粒zǐ lì silt particle坋粒bèn lì speck · particle微粒wēi lì Siem Reap, Cambodia暹粒Xiān lì fruit pieces; fruit chunks果粒guǒ lì bead of sweat汗粒hàn lì grain of sand沙粒shā lì grain (of cereal)谷粒gǔ lì telomere, a protective DNA cap on a chromosome端粒duān lì grain size粒径lì jìng fine grain · fine-grained细粒xì lì colloid · colloidal particles胶粒jiāo lì plasmid质粒zhì lì grain of cooked rice饭粒fàn lì antiparticle (physics)反粒子fǎn lì zǐ (cell biology) centriole中心粒zhōng xīn lì many-particle (physics)多粒子duō lì zǐ microsome微粒体wēi lì tǐ (textiles) polar fleece摇粒绒yáo lì róng

Idioms with 粒 9 total Chain

not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)颗粒无收kē lì wú shōu

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