The 里 family
里 · lǐ · ㄌㄧˇ — li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
Know 里 and the readings of 6 more characters follow: 裡、裏、理、哩、鯉、狸. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 裡lǐ · ㄌㄧˇ部首 衤 衣字旁 · clothesinside; in; lining93%
- 裏lǐ · ㄌㄧˇ部首 衣 · clothesinside; in (variant of 裡)93%
- 理lǐ · ㄌㄧˇ部首 玉 · jadereason; logic; to manage; science93%
- 哩li · ˙ㄌㄧ部首 口 · mouth(modal final particle similar to 呢 or 啦)83%
- 鯉lǐ · ㄌㄧˇ部首 魚 · fishcarp93%
- 狸lí · ㄌㄧˊ部首 犭 犬部旁 · (literary) dogused in the names of small mammals83%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 里 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 里 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 90%.
Words this family builds
- 這裡
- 這裏
- 哪裡
- 那裡
- 那裏
- 處理
- 哪裏
- 理解
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