厉
lìLì HSK5

whetstone

厉 (厲) lì frequency
stern idiom
harsh or severe in manner, tone, or facial expression

他平日总是面带厉色，让人不敢亲近。

tā píng​rì zǒng​shì miàn​dài lì sè, ràng rén bù gǎn qīn​jìn.

He usually has a stern look on his face, making people afraid to get close to him.

strict idiom
rigorous and firm in the application of rules, discipline, or standards

机关单位应当厉行节约，杜绝浪费。

jī​guān dān​wèi yīng​dāng lì xíng jié​yuē, dù​jué làng​fèi.

Government agencies should strictly practice economy and eliminate waste.

厉 (厲) Lì
Li proper name
surname Li

厉先生是这里的负责人。

Lì xiān​sheng shì zhè​lǐ de fù​zé​rén.

Mr. Li is the person in charge here.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,339th most common 91.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,278th most common 61.9 per million appears in 30% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.180 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
5.08 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
厲
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5389

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)