fraction, manage

Phonosemantic compound. 𠩺 represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
𠩺 sound,meaning component

𠩺  Sound Meaning component

  

to split

里 sound component

  Sound component

  

village

Evolution

釐 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
釐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
釐 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
釐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

manage, control; thousandth part of tael; one hundredth; centi-

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Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán​dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén​nóng] Farmer God, also known as Ai [Aī]

Most common words with 釐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

centi-

厘米

centimeter

巴厘岛

Bali (island in Indonesia)

厘清

clarification

公厘

millimeter