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  *里* | 里* | *里
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
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  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
HSK 1
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  *里* | 里* | *里
variant of 裡|里
HSK 1
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  *离* | 离* | *离
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire /
HSK 2
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  *力* | 力* | *力
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
HSK 3
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  *立* | 立* | *立
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
HSK 5
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  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
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  *梨* | 梨* | *梨
pear / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *理* | 理* | *理
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
HSK 6
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  *利* | 利* | *利
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
HSK 6
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  *粒* | 粒* | *粒
grain; granule; pellet; particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *里* | 里* | *里
Li (surname)
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  *利* | 利* | *利
surname Li
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  *立* | 立* | *立
surname Li
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  *丽* | 丽* | *丽
Korea
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  *丽* | 丽* | *丽
beautiful
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  *力* | 力* | *力
surname Li
Li He (790-816), Tang poet
Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
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  *黎* | 黎* | *黎
Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩
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  *黎* | 黎* | *黎
(literary) black / dark / many / multitude
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  *历* | 历* | *历
calendar
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  *历* | 历* | *历
to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history
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  *离* | 离* | *离
surname Li
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  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
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  *李* | 李* | *李
surname Li
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  *李* | 李* | *李
plum
Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician
far away / thousands of miles; 10,000 li
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  *狸* | 狸* | *狸
raccoon dog / fox-like animal
Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传
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  *氏* | 氏* | *氏
(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 "the Wang clan") / (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 "Mrs. Li, née Wang") / (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
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  *锂* | 锂* | *锂
lithium (chemistry)
Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉, 1000 scrolls
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  *荔* | 荔* | *荔
litchi
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  *凓* | 凓* | *凓
cold / frigid
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  *㮚* | 㮚* | *㮚
old variant of
Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist
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  *莉* | 莉* | *莉
used in 茉莉 / used in the transliteration of female names
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  *沥* | 沥* | *沥
to drip / to strain or filter / a trickle
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  *厘* | 厘* | *厘
Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God, also known as Ai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *厘* | 厘* | *厘
one hundredth / centi-
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  *砺* | 砺* | *砺
grind / sandstone
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  *例* | 例* | *例
example / precedent / rule / case / instance
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  *历* | 历* | *历
old variant of 曆|历 / old variant of 歷|历
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  *历* | 历* | *历
old variant of 歷|历
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  *舍* | 舍* | *舍
(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li
fine rain / drizzle / poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
Li county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
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  *褵* | 褵* | *褵
bride's veil or kerchief
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  *蠡* | 蠡* | *蠡
calabash
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  *蠡* | 蠡* | *蠡
wood-boring insect
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  *璃* | 璃* | *璃
colored glaze / glass
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  *澧* | 澧* | *澧
Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / surname Li
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  *狸* | 狸* | *狸
variant of
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  *哀* | 哀* | *哀
Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘
Li county in Changde 常德, Hunan
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  *隶* | 隶* | *隶
(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)
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  *厉* | 厉* | *厉
surname Li
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  *厉* | 厉* | *厉
strict / severe
Litang county (Tibetan: li thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
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  *唳* | 唳* | *唳
cry of a crane or wild goose
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  *藜* | 藜* | *藜
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫, reigned 762-779
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鲤* | 鲤* | *鲤
carp
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  *郦* | 郦* | *郦
surname Li / ancient place name
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  *栎* | 栎* | *栎
oak / Quercus serrata
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  *篱* | 篱* | *篱
a fence
River Li, Guangxi
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  *痢* | 痢* | *痢
dysentery
Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
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  *砾* | 砾* | *砾
(bound form) gravel; small stone
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
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  *蓠* | 蓠* | *蓠
red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
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  *蛎* | 蛎* | *蛎
oyster
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  *漓* | 漓* | *漓
pattering (of rain) / seep through
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  *漓* | 漓* | *漓
name of a river
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  *漓* | 漓* | *漓
to seep through
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  *栗* | 栗* | *栗
(literary) cold; chilly / (bound form) to tremble with fear
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  *栗* | 栗* | *栗
surname Li
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  *栗* | 栗* | *栗
chestnut
Baoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
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  *吏* | 吏* | *吏
minor government official or functionary (old)
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  *悝* | 悝* | *悝
worried / afflicted
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  *笠* | 笠* | *笠
bamboo rain hat
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  *缡* | 缡* | *缡
bridal veil or kerchief
"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
Li county in Longnan 隴南|陇南, Gansu
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  *溧* | 溧* | *溧
name of a river
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  *俐* | 俐* | *俐
used in 伶俐
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  *荔* | 荔* | *荔
variant of
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  *莅* | 莅* | *莅
river in Hebei
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  *莅* | 莅* | *莅
to attend (an official function) / to be present / to administer / to approach (esp. as administrator)
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  *鹂* | 鹂* | *鹂
Chinese oriole
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  *醴* | 醴* | *醴
sweet wine
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  *苈* | 苈* | *苈
Drabanemerosa hebecarpa
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  *鳢* | 鳢* | *鳢
snakefish / snakehead mullet
Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
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  *枥* | 枥* | *枥
type of oak / stable (for horses)

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