立

to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #275 U+7ACB

Pictograph (象形字)

A man standing on the ground 一

components: 亠丷一

standing up · Heisig RSH #444

— as a component also called: vase

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 立 as their sound component

These characters all use 立 (lì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
立 sound component	lì	to stand; to establish, to set up
拉	lā	to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
粒	lì	grain, granule; bullet, pellet
泣	qì	to cry, to sob, to weep
垃	lā	garbage, refuse, trash, waste
飒	sà	bleak; melancholy; the howl of the wind
昱	yù	bright, dazzling; sunlight
笠	lì	bamboo hat; bamboo covering
翊	yì	flying; to assist, to help; to respect

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
立山区	Lì shān Qū	Lishan, a district of Anshan City 鞍山市[An1 shan1 Shi4], Liaoning
中立国	zhōng lì guó	neutral country
国立西南联合大学	Guó lì Xī nán Lián hé Dà xué	National Southwest Combined University (Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai Universities in exile …
中立性	zhōng lì xìng	impartiality; neutrality
州立大学	Zhōu lì Dà xué	State University (US)
马三立	Mǎ Sān lì	Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian
交通立体化	jiāo tōng lì tǐ huà	grade separation (civil engineering)
立法会	lì fǎ huì	legislative council; LegCo (Hong Kong)
安家立业	ān jiā lì yè	stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
水立方	Shuǐ lì fāng	Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心\|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue…
立法机关	lì fǎ jī guān	legislature
成家立业	chéng jiā lì yè	to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself
国立	guó lì	national; state-run; public
立国	lì guó	to found a country
立山	Lì shān	see 立山區\|立山区[Li4 shan1 Qu1]
市立	shì lì	municipal; city; city-run
中立	zhōng lì	neutral; neutrality
立可白	lì kě bái	correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper") (Tw)
立方体	lì fāng tǐ	cube; cubic
立马	lì mǎ	at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly