Hanja Analyzer
里

里 — ri

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
마을 리
Romanization
ri
English
unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
Mandarin
lǐ
Japanese on'yomi
リ
Japanese kun'yomi
さと
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#1,096 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
里 (166, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+91CC

How 里 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 里 as a ideographic compound involving 田, 土.

Korean example words with 里

  • 향리鄕里 Korean gloss: 시골의 마을
  • 촌리村里 Korean gloss: 시골의 작은 마을
  • 고리故里 Korean gloss: 자기가 태어나서 자란 곳
  • 전리田里 Korean gloss: 자기가 태어나서 자란 곳
  • 이회里會 Korean gloss: 동네의 일을 의논하는 모임
  • 타리他里 Korean gloss: 자기가 사는 동리 이외의 동리
  • 일리一里 Korean gloss: 한 마을의 전체. 또는 온 동네
  • 방리方里 Korean gloss: 사방으로 일 리(里)가 되는 넓이
  • 이수里數 Korean gloss: 거리를 ‘리’의 단위로 나타낸 수
  • 방리坊里 Korean gloss: 주로 시골에서, 여러 집이 모여 사는 곳
  • 이정里程 Korean gloss: 어떤 곳으로부터 다른 곳까지 이르는 거리의 이수(里數)
  • 상리上里 Korean gloss: 위쪽에 있는 마을. 다른 마을의 위쪽이나 지대가 높은 곳을 이른다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 里

  • 里り Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles
  • 千里せんり 1000 ri; (a) long distance
  • 郷里きょうり hometown; birthplace
  • 万里ばんり thousands of miles
  • 里子さとご foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
  • 里帰りさとがえり returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married
  • 里親さとおや foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
  • 山里やまざと mountain hamlet; mountain village
  • 人里ひとざと village; human habitation; human settlement
  • 一里塚いちりづか milestone (1 ri apart)
  • 巴里パリ Paris (France)
  • 一里いちり 2.44 miles

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 里

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