痢

diarrhea

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2037.

Readings

• リ (on reading): 下痢 (げり) diarrhea; 赤痢 (せきり) dysentery

Components

• 疒
• 利
• ⺉ radical knife, right-side form of 刀
• 疔 radical sickness
• 禾 radical grain

Words using 痢

• 下痢 (げり) diarrhea
• 赤痢 (せきり) dysentery
• 赤痢菌 (せきりきん) shigella (dysentery bacillus)
• 下痢症 (げりしょう) diarrheal disease
• 下痢止め (げりどめ) antidiarrheal

19 words in all.

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