里

Hometown

Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingリ

Kun readingさと

Jōyō Grade 2Level 5

Meanings

hometown
league
parent's home
彼は郷里の両親によく電話しますか。Does he often call his parents at home?tatoeba
riRtK
village
彼は人里離れた家に住んでいた。He lived in a house remote from the village.tatoeba

japanese league
old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles
neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system
orig. of 50 homes)
unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

Synonyms

Homonyms

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Same reading (り)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical里village

Components

How it's built

里

Mnemonic (RtK)

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computer · rice field (田) · brains · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 185

Compound words

郷里きょうり

hometown; birthplace

千里せんり

1000 ri; (a) long distance

万里ばんり

thousands of miles

里子さとご

foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)

里親さとおや

foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker

一里塚いちりづか

milestone (1 ri apart)

里帰りさとがえり

returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

Bastille Day (July 14)

里芋科さといもか

Araceae (arum family of plants)

sweeping view of the eye

province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryō system)

波濤万里はとうばんり

faraway lands

On Reading Examples

１００里を行く者は９９里を半ばとする。り

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は人里離れた農家に住んでいる。

He lives in a farmhouse remote from the world.tatoeba

彼は人里離れた田舎に住んでいるので、町に来ることはめったにない。

Living as he did in the remote countryside, he seldom came into town.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Village; home. 田 (field) + 土 (earth) — land with fields where people live.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 里

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step