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里

里 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 村落
  2. 故郷
  3. 距離の単位の一つ

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「田」+「土」。「人の居住する土地」「さと」「むら」を意味する漢語｛里｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ri, village, parent's home, league

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リElem.
Kun (native)
  • さとElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • さ
Other languages
  • 拼音li3
  • 한글ri
  • Hán-ViệtLý

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
里(さと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+91CC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿻甲一一

Words using this kanji

  • 里り（さと）に対する田舎。。 （さと）妻、女官の実家。 （さと）出自。Japanese league, ri, neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes), unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
  • 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, coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad)
  • 里親さとおやfoster parent, foster parents, (pet) caretaker
  • 里さと（さと）に対する田舎。。 （さと）妻、女官の実家。 （さと）出自。village, hamlet, countryside, country
  • 里芋さといもtaro (Colocasia esculenta), dasheen, eddo
  • 里心さとごころhomesickness, nostalgia
  • 里方さとかたone's wife's family, bride's family
  • 里人さとびと村里の者。villager, village folk, countryfolk
  • 里程りてい里で表した距離。里数。あるいは、道のり、行程。mileage, distance
  • 里数りすう距離をを単位としてはかった数字。mileage, distance
  • 里山さとやまsatoyama, rural landscape coexisting with local agricultural communities
  • 里偏さとへん漢字の部首「⾥」が偏である場合の呼称。kanji "village" radical
  • 里桜さとざくらany oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
  • 里村さとむらvillage
  • 里犬さといぬpet dog, domesticated dog
  • 里雪さとゆきsnow that falls on villages
  • 里地さとちmountain village (region)
  • 里道りどう国や地方公共団体が管理、運営する道路以外の公道。non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
  • 里長さとおさ律令制で地方行政の最小の区画である里の長。現地の民の中から選ばれ、里内の警察や徴税などを行った。village chief

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-7-1
Four Corner
6010.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a7.9
Heisig
185
Nelson
4813