CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- li4
- English meanings
- granule, grain, kernel, pellet, m.[general],
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 米; right 立.
Meaning & sound clues
米 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “grain”.
立 is identified as the sound component (lì). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 粒.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
beautiful; pretty
example; case
clever
profit
power
encourage
experience; calendar
strict; severe
hundredth; centimeter
official; clerk
plum; surname
pear
drip; Li River
raccoon dog; fox
law
used in 玻璃/琉璃
whetstone; sharpen; temper
gift
distant/apart from
erect
inside
slave; clerical script
multitude; dark; Li
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