Mnemonic comic for

Translation

lǐ = li + Ø3: lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

All translations for 里

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (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[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
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Matthias, 9 months ago

里 character breakdown

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 里 as component

Words with 里

during the night / at night / nighttime
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
unsophisticated / rustic / uncouth
Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)
Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4]
the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
Tarim River of Xinjiang
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
(Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛[Hei1 xia1 zi5 Dao3]
Dali or Tali City in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Dali or Tali City in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[Sang1 tan3 de2]
Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war / also written 伯里克利[Bo2 li3 ke4 li4]

Sentences with 里