sharp; advantage; benefit

HSK 4 #155

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 155th character
Radical ⼑ (18.5)
Strokes 7
Index # 763

Definitions

利 lì
  1. 1. sharp
  2. 2. advantage
  3. 3. benefit
  4. 4. profit
  5. 5. interest
  6. 6. to benefit
  7. 7. to do good to
  8. 8. favorable
  9. 9. surname Li

Stroke order

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Words containing 利

Word Meaning
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, third shogun of Japan
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, 3rd Muromachi shogun
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun
dealer incentive; sales bonus; rebate
Benjamin Disraeli, British prime minister
both principal and interest; capital plus profit
both principal and interest; capital plus profit
Dudley (name)
give up profit to seek fame
give up money to seek fame
high interest; huge profit; to value money highly
to value material gain over righteousness
to value material gain over righteousness
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
Kimberlite (geology)
sharp; keen; penetrating
sharp (e.g. knife blade); to the point; incisive
Alyxia root and herb (used in TCM)
Algeria
Algerian
Africa
Africa; abbr. to fēi zhōu
to reduce interest rates