Hanja Analyzer
哩

哩 — ri

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어조사 리
Romanization
ri
English
mile
Mandarin
lī
Japanese on'yomi
ボク, モク, リ, マイル
Japanese kun'yomi
まいる
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
10
Radical
口 (30, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
里(리)
Unicode
U+54E9

Parts that make up 哩

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 里 마을 리sound 밭과 흙이 있는 터마을. 소리로도 자주 쓴다

How 哩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 哩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 里.

Japanese words with 哩

  • 哩マイル mile
  • 咖哩カレー curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

Characters sharing the phonetic 里

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “리” in Korean.

Other hanja read “리”

Other hanja with radical 口

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