驪

简 骊 · 繁 驪
Mandarin · pinyin lí

Meanings

  1. black horse
  2. jet steed
  3. good horse
  4. legendary black dragon
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驪
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骊
lí · a pure black horse; a pair of horses
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2 · li2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lei4

Cantonese word readings for 驪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

  1. (literary) pure black horse
  2. (~山) Mount Li in Shaanxi province
  3. (alt. form 孋/㛤) historical tribe in ancient China
  4. a surname

character

  1. only used in 驪靬/骊靬 (Chíqián)

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