IDENTITY
里lǐinside; li (distance unit)
HSK 1Top 120
CORE MEANING
inside; li (distance unit)
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.insideHSK1
- 2.li (half a kilometer)HSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 里village radical (lǐ)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- overlay compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱⿻甲一一
- fields
- earth; home ground
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
里面lǐmiàninside
家里jiālǐat home
哪里nǎlǐwhere
Graded examples
钱包在包里。Qiánbāo zài bāo lǐ.HSK2
The wallet is in the bag.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Fields (田) and earth (土) — the home place, inside one’s own land.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #120
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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