Chinese Character Wiki
立

lì

stand

Pictograph of a person standing on the ground.

Evolution

立 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
立 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
立 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
立 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
立 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

立  

lì

stand; let stand; establish, set; to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately

立  

Lì

surname Li

Most common words with 立
Freq.
Word
Meaning

建立

to establish

立刻

forthwith

立即

immediately

独立

independent

成立

to establish

Component uses

Meaning component in 8 characters (2 verified)

站 端 竭 竖 靖 竣 砬 竘

Sound component in 10 characters (3 verified)

拉 泣 垃 粒 笠 颯 飒 翊 昱 砬

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

並 位

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.rəp

lip

lì

stand (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 63.7514% of movies

629th most common character in movies

197th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+7ACB

Shuowen

“立，住也。从大，立一之上。”


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