() - A rare Chinese character historically used to refer & also used as a transliteration character for certain

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lì | 13 strokes | radical:

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A rare Chinese character historically used to refer to a type of ancient vessel or container;

also used as a transliteration character for certain foreign terms.

A rare Chinese character historically used to referalso used as a transliteration character for certain

Usage highlights

Ancient vesselBronze鉝Chemical elementRare characterHistorical artifactCharacter variant
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Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Ancient bronze vessel(鉝器)
  • Chemical element livermorium(鉝, Lv)
  • Historical artifact classification(鉝类文物)
  • Rare character in classical texts(古文中罕见的鉝字)

Collocations

  • Ancient vessel(古鉝)
  • Bronze鉝(青铜鉝)
  • Chemical element(元素鉝)
  • Rare character(稀有字鉝)
  • Historical artifact(文物鉝)
  • Character variant(鉝体)

Idioms

  • No commonly used idioms containing this character are found in standard references

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Extremely rare character with limited historical usage
  • Primarily appears in specialized contexts such as archaeology or chemistry
  • Used as a transliteration character for the chemical element livermorium (Lv) in modern Chinese

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