How to write 蠡

蠡 [lǐ] 1. A worm that eats through wood, extended to mean the appearance of an object being worn down to the point of breaking. 蠡 [lǐ] 〈verb〉 Insect eats a wood (English: eat; insect eats a wood). Extended to imply a worn-out object that is on the verge of breaking. 蠡 [lǐ] 1. Used as a character in personal names and place names. 2. See also: lí; luó. 蠡 [lǐ] 〈verb〉 Insect eats a wood (English: eat; insect eats a wood). Extended to imply a worn-out object that is on the verge of breaking. 【Reference】 1. "Shuōwén Jiězì": 蠡, a worm gnaws wood. Duan Yucai's note: "蠡 means 刺, like a knife cutting an object." 2. "Mèngzǐ": used to hunt for 蠡. 蠡 [lǐ] 1. Used as a character in personal names and place names. 【Example】 For example: Fan Li (a minister of the State of Yue during the late Spring and Autumn period); 蠡 County (in central Hebei Province); 蠡 Lake (in the southeast of Wuxi City, Jiangsu). 蠡 [lí] 1. Calabash dipper made from a gourd (English: calabash shell serving as dipper). 2. See also: lǐ; luó. 蠡 [lí] 〈noun〉 1. Calabash dipper made from a gourd (English: calabash shell serving as dipper). 【Reference】 1. "Han Shu - Dongfang Shuo Zhuan": using a calabash to measure the sea. 【Example】 Such as: 蠡升 (a dipper with a capacity of one liter); 蠡帽 (a helmet used to protect from arrows, shaped like a calabash); 蠡勺 (a dipper); 蠡见 (shallow understanding); 蠡酌管窥 (using a dipper to measure sea water and observing the sky through a bamboo tube; a metaphor for superficial understanding, very limited observation and comprehension of things). 蠡 [luó] 1. Alternate form of "蠃". Eumenid (English: eumenid). 2. See also: lí; lǐ. 蠡 [luó] 〈noun〉 1. Alternate form of "蠃". Eumenid (English: eumenid). 【Reference】 1. Han: Ban Zhao's "Dongzheng Fu": "I hope to not go to the tower and hit the 蠡, should not exert effort and pursue." Note: "蠡 and 蠃 are ancient forms of the same character." 2. See also: lí; lǐ.