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粒
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

grain

HSK 7 N2
Nature →Plants →Grasses
lì
リュウ
つぶ
립
Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 立 represents the sound.
Components
米 rice+ 立 standing up =
粒 grain
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
hulled or husked uncooked rice
立 Phonetic component
lì standing up
stand
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Notes
Similar Characters
奥 obscure (simp)奧 of great depth (trad)屎 excrement料 material暴 violent粥 porridge粪 manure (simp)糞 dung (trad)鬻 child龹 to roll rice into ball匊 handful (iii)氣 spirit (trad)竊 pilfer (trad)籴 purchase (simp)籼 long-grained rice (simp)籽 seed粉 powder粑 tsamba粕 lees粗 coarse
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
粒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
粒 [lì]
grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
Japanese
粒 つぶ 、 りゅう 、 つび (old) 、 つぼ (old) 同音
  1. noun grain; bead; drop
  2. counter counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
２粒の涙が彼女のほおを流れ落ちた。
Two tears fell down her cheeks.
Japanese Names
粒 つぶさき
Tsubusaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (85)
颗粒 [kē​lì] #16,775
kernel
颗粒 [kē​lì] #16,775
kernel
粒子 [lì​zǐ] #9,205
(elementary) particle
微粒 [wēi​lì] #12,794
speck
线粒体 [xiàn​lì​tǐ] #31,673
mitochondrion
线粒体 [xiàn​lì​tǐ] #31,673
mitochondrion
粒细胞 [lì​xì​bāo] #40,484
granulocyte
粒细胞 [lì​xì​bāo] #40,484
granulocyte
米粒 [mǐ​lì] #31,065
grain of rice
质粒 [zhì​lì] #19,897
plasmid
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JAPANESE WORDS (114)
⭐ 粒子 [りゅうし] #9,564
particle
⭐ 大粒 [おおつぶ] #10,035
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.)
一粒 [ひとつぶ] #12,354
one grain
雨粒 [あまつぶ] #19,516
raindrop
⭐ 米粒 [こめつぶ] #30,215
grain of rice
豆粒 [まめつぶ] #30,937
speck
小粒 [こつぶ] #31,615
small (of a grain or berry, etc.)
砂粒 [すなつぶ] #32,112
grains of sand
御飯粒 [ごはんつぶ] #45,105
grain of boiled rice
⭐ 素粒子 [そりゅうし] #49,460
elementary particle
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KOREAN WORDS (3)
입자 #7,634
particle
과립
granule
소립자
elementary particle; fundamental particle