痢
diarrhea
Readings
On'yomi
- リ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
痢 centers on a specific intestinal illness: diarrhea, characterized by loose or watery stools.
Most common words using 痢
- 下痢げりN1
diarrhea; diarrhoea
- 赤痢せきり
dysentery
- アメーバ赤痢アメーバせきり
amoebic dysentery; amebic dysentery; amoebiasis
- 下痢ピーげりピー
diarrhea; diarrhoea
- 下痢便げりべん
loose stool; watery stool
- 下痢止めげりどめ
antidiarrheal; paregoric; obstipant
- 下痢症げりしょう
diarrheal disease; diarrhea
- 分泌性下痢ぶんぴつせいげり
secretory diarrhea
- 旅行者下痢りょこうしゃげり
traveler's diarrhea; traveller's diarrhoea
- 止痢剤しりざい
antidiarrheal; antidiarrhoeal
- 水下痢みずげり
(very) watery diarrhea
- 浸透圧性下痢しんとうあつせいげり
osmotic diarrhea
- 滲出性下痢しんしゅつせいげり
exudative diarrhea
- 瀉痢しゃり
diarrhea; diarrhoea
- 疫痢えきり
children's dysentery
- 痢り
diarrhea; diarrhoea
- 痢病りびょう
dysentery
- 細菌性赤痢さいきんせいせきり
shigellosis; bacillary dysentery
- 赤痢菌せきりきん
shigella (dysentery bacillus)
Study
Etymology
痢 combines 疒 (sickness) with 利, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of something passing through quickly.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 利, like an illness that makes things pass through the body too quickly, resulting in diarrhea.
Reading mnemonic
For リ, imagine a person with diarrhea needing to rush to the loo repeatedly: the repeated 'ree' sound of urgency cues リ.