濑

濑 · lài

swift current; rapids

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lài
Cantonese
laai6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

swift current; rapids

Dictionary definitions & readings

濑 lài · name of a river; rushing of water

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0671.110:lài Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
208.010:lài Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
EDLO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3718 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0655.201 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6FD1
Radical
水 · 85
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6174

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
濑
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

瀨

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
31754.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31754.030
kIRGKangXi
0655.201
kKangXi
0655.201
kSMSZD2003Index
388.10
kCangjie
EDLO
kFourCornerCode
3718
kPhonetic
764
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-647E
kRSUnicode
85.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kCCCII
27493A
kEACC
27493A
kGB0
6894
kMainlandTelegraph
3471
kTGH
2013:6174
kCantonese
laai6
kDefinition
swift current; rapids
kMandarin
lài
kTGHZ2013
208.010:lài
kXHC1983
0671.110:lài
kTraditionalVariant
U+7028

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 濑0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
氵 beside 赖 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰氵赖$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰氵赖$(G)

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