笠 (lì) — (bound form) conical traditional hat made of ba…

Definition

A bound form: bamboo/straw material, almost always used inside 斗笠 (dǒulì), the traditional conical hat. Rare on its own.

bound form

conical traditional hat made of bamboo or straw

笠。
Tā dài zhe yì dǐng dǒu lì zài tián lǐ gàn huó.
He was working in the fields wearing a conical bamboo hat.
笠。
Lǎo yú fū tóu shàng dài zhe pò jiù de cǎo lì.
The old fisherman wore a worn-out straw hat on his head.
笠。
Qiáng shàng guà zhe yì dǐng zhú biān de dǒu lì.
A woven bamboo conical hat hangs on the wall.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

竹立笠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

Same sound today

The part 竹 means bamboo, and 立 gives the sound.

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