里

lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #75 U+91CC

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Unit of measure for farm 田 land 土

components: 田土

li · Heisig RSH #179

田 rice field + land + brains — as a component also called: computer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 里 as their sound component

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
里 sound component	lǐ	unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
理	lǐ	science, reason, logic; to manage
埋	mái	to bury; to conceal; to plant
厘	lí	one thousandth
狸	lí	fox
哩	li	mile
鲤	lǐ	carp
俚	lǐ	rustic, vulgar, unpolished; mean
悝	kuī	to laugh at; to pity; sad; afflicted
陧	niè	chaos, disorder
锂	lǐ	lithium
娌	lǐ	brother's wife

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
里子	lǐ zi	lining; (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
里人	lǐ rén	person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought …
小里小气	xiǎo li xiǎo qì	stingy; petty
市里	shì lǐ	li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
里头	lǐ tou	inside; interior
头里	tóu lǐ	in front; in advance of the field
心里	xīn li	chest; heart; mind
行家里手	háng jiā lǐ shǒu	connoisseur; expert
里尔	Lǐ ěr	Lille (city in France)
西里尔	Xī lǐ ěr	Cyril (name); Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary; Cyrillic
马里	Mǎ lǐ	Mali
道里区	Dào lǐ Qū	Daoli, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市\|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
心里有数	xīn lǐ yǒu shù	to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation
家里	jiā lǐ	home
拉里	lā lǐ	lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
海里	hǎi lǐ	nautical mile
里海	Lǐ Hǎi	Caspian Sea
里拉	lǐ lā	(loanword) lira (currency of Turkey)
阿里地区	Ā lǐ Dì qū	Ngari, prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區\|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
特里尔	Tè lǐ ěr	Trier (city in Germany)