inside; interior; internal

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 50th character
Radical ⾥ (166.0)
Strokes 7
Index # 721
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

里 lǐ
  1. 1. inside
  2. 2. interior
  3. 3. internal
  4. 4. neighborhood
  5. 5. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  6. 6. TW borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
  7. 7. Li (surname)
  8. 8. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  9. 9. lining
  10. 10. also written
  11. 11. variant of

Stroke order

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Words containing 里

Word Meaning
fight across a vast area; keep on fighting
didgeridoo (loanword)
win battles from afar by wise planning
plan calmly and win from far away
Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
Daoli District of Harbin, Heilongjiang
Daoli District, Harbin, Heilongjiang
(bird species of China) Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
thousands of miles away; far away
thousands of miles away; far away
Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria
one's home town or village
Zheng Yili, Chinese translator and lexicographer
Zheng Yili, Chinese translator and editor
neighborhood; neighbor
person from the same village, town or province
Richmond (name)
Ríos (name)
Ríos (name)
Rio Grande (Brasil)
lane; alley
Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geologist
Riverside
Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
Richter magnitude scale