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厘

lí

fraction, manage

Simplified form of 釐. Phonosemantic compound. 𠩺 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.

Components
厂 simplified component

厂  Simplified component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

Shorthand for the 𠩺 component in the traditional character 釐.

里 sound component

里  Sound component

lǐ

  

village

Evolution

厘 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
厘 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
厘 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

厘  

lí

variant of 釐|厘[lí]

厘 (釐) 

lí

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

厘 (釐) 

Lí

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 哀[Aī]

Most common words with 厘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

厘

centi-

厘米

centimeter

巴厘岛

Bali (island in Indonesia)

厘清

clarification

公厘

millimeter

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

喱

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

喱

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 2.6269% of movies

2836th most common character in movies

2262nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

釐

Unicode

U+5398


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