笠 meaning and stroke order
Bamboo hat; bamboo covering
How to write 笠, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 笠
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- bamboo rain hat
How 笠 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Bamboo.
⺮ gives the meaning and 立 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺮ (bamboo), shared by 149 characters on this site.
How to remember 笠
The bamboo top ⺮ sits over 立 (lì, to stand), which also gives the sound. Picture a bamboo hat sitting on the head of someone standing in the rain.
笠 is mostly found in compounds, especially 斗笠 (dǒulì), the wide conical bamboo hat worn by farmers and fishermen. It also appears in 竹笠 (zhúlì, bamboo hat). Example: 他戴着斗笠在田里干活。(Tā dàizhe dǒulì zài tián lǐ gànhuó.) He works in the field wearing a bamboo hat.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the top as 艹 (grass) instead of ⺮ (bamboo), which looks similar at a glance. Remember the hat is woven from bamboo, so the top must be ⺮.
笠 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 笠
How many strokes are in 笠?
笠 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 笠 mean?
笠 (lì) means bamboo hat; bamboo covering.
How do you pronounce 笠?
笠 is pronounced lì, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 笠?
The radical of 笠 is ⺮, which carries the idea of "bamboo". Dictionaries list 笠 under this radical.
Can I use 笠 by itself to mean hat in everyday speech?
Not usually. In modern speech people say 帽子 (màozi) for a hat in general, and use 斗笠 (dǒulì) for the traditional bamboo rain hat. 笠 alone sounds literary.
Why does 笠 sound like 立?
笠 is a pictophonetic character. 立 (lì) is the sound component, so both share the same pronunciation, and ⺮ adds the bamboo meaning.