How to Write 丽 (lì) — Meaning “Beautiful or magnificent.”

Imagine a beautiful deer with two antlers (the lower part of 丽) standing under a horizontal horizon line (一). The pinyin 'lì' sounds like 'lee' as in 'a lovely lee', which helps associate the character with beauty.

The stroke order is: top horizontal, left vertical, top-right hook, inner vertical, dot, bottom horizontal, final vertical. A common mistake is writing the dot after the bottom horizontal—remember to place the dot before the last two strokes to keep the balance correct.

丽 has a dot inside its enclosure, while 且 has no dot and a simpler interior (one horizontal line inside a box). 丕 has a top horizontal line and a lower part that looks like a modified '不' (no dot). Remember 丽 is about beauty, 且 means 'and', and 丕 means 'great' (rare).

丽 appears in common words like 美丽 (beautiful), 华丽 (gorgeous), and 秀丽 (elegant). It is frequently used in names for girls, such as 丽丽, and in place names like 丽江 (Lijiang), conveying a sense of grace and natural beauty.

Common words containing 丽 include: 美丽 (měi lì) — beautiful; 华丽 (huá lì) — magnificent; gorgeous; 秀丽 (xiù lì) — beautiful; elegant.