籬 [篱] lí
: a fence (bamboo or wooden fence)
: hedge
Kun Reading
籬 | ませ mase
noun
: (Archaism) short roughly woven fence
: divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theater, etc.
籬 | まがき magaki
noun
: roughly woven fence
On Reading
リ ri
籬[篱]垣 li2yuan2: fence; hedge
[籬垣 | ませがき masegaki: short roughly woven fence]
籬[篱]笆 li2ba: fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
栅籬[篱] zha4li2: hedge; fence
樹籬[树篱] shu4li2: hedge
根篱[篱] gen1li2: mulch
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
寄人籬下 [寄人篱下] ji4 ren2 li2 xia4
: to lodge under another person’s roof; to live relying on sb else’s charity
羊觸藩籬 [羊触藩篱] yang2 chu4 fan1 li2
: lit. billy goat’s horns caught in the fence (from Book of Changes [I’Ching] 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
形声 Pictophonetic.
⺮ (bamboo CJK radical) while
離 (li2: to depart) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
篱. Derived from generic character simplification rule #58 (離 » 离) via omission of part of the traditional character.
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
