U+6CA5 "沥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6CA5 "沥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese ideograph that primarily conveys the meaning of "to drip" or "to strain," often used in the context of liquids passing through a filter or dripping slowly. In modern Chinese, it appears in words like "沥青" (lìqīng), meaning "asphalt" or "pitch," and "沥水" (lìshuǐ), meaning "to drain water." Historically, this character combines the water radical (氵) on the left with the phonetic component "历" (lì), which also contributes the pronunciation. As a versatile component in written Chinese, it appears in both everyday vocabulary and technical terms related to liquids and filtration processes.